Pricing and Trading of Asset Backed Securities - Online

This module discusses how ABS securities are priced and traded in the market. We'll begin by looking at the concept of spreads. Then, we'll learn how the market assigns a value to an ABS in the context of the broader fixed-income market. We'll also look at the relative pricing of different ABS products, and why there are differences in pricing among the various sectors of the market.

This course replicates the content from lesson 4 of Asset Backed Securities - Online

This is an asynchronous eLearning course that can be accessed 24/7 from any internet enabled computer. Subscription period for this course is 90 days.


Newcomers to the bond markets, institutional sales staff, sales and capital markets assistants.
Students will be able to:
  • Recognize the role of spreads and benchmarks in pricing ABSs.
  • Distinguish the different factors that impact ABS spreads.
  • Identify the relative pricing of different ABS sectors and the fixed-income market.
  • Introduction to Asset Backed Securities - Online
  • Structure and Rating of Asset Backed Securities - Online
  • Major Sectors of the Asset Backed Securities Market - Online
  • The Future of the Asset Backed Securities Market - Online
  • Asset Securitization - Online
  • Pricing and Trading of Asset Backed Securities
    • Mechanics of pricing
    • Determining the spread
    • Relative pricing of ABS compared to other fixed income sectors
    • Relative pricing among ABS products
    Duration: 1 hour