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Module 12Investment Management and Corporate FinanceModule 12 · Topic 5
Section 5 of Module 12 (up to 25% of the paper) covers the Malaysian debt market (MGS, GII, sukuk, commercial papers and medium-term notes, ratings by RAM and MARC), bond valuation and yields, price volatility (duration and convexity) and convertible bonds. Calculations are short: a bond price, a yield, a duration estimate or a conversion premium.
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Checked against SIDC Module 12 Study Outline (Jul–Dec 2026) Topic 9; F. J. Fabozzi, Bond Markets, Analysis and Strategies; Bodie, Kane and Marcus, Investments; Bank Negara Malaysia and SC pages on the Malaysian bond and sukuk markets. Calculations verified in Python. As at October 2026. Independent prep, not endorsed by SIDC or the SC.
Government: MGS (conventional) and GII (Islamic). Corporate: bonds and sukuk, medium-term notes for longer needs and commercial papers (short-term, unsecured) for working capital, usually under CP/MTN programmes. Sukuk must comply with Shariah, so returns come from underlying assets or ventures, not interest; Malaysia is among the world's largest sukuk markets. Ratings come mainly from RAM and MARC.
Bond features: secured debt has a charge over assets and ranks ahead of unsecured creditors over them; a negative pledge stops the issuer giving other lenders security unless the bondholders share it; a sinking fund retires part of an issue before maturity; a callable bond pays a higher yield because the issuer holds the call option.
Trap: confusing MGS with GII, or treating commercial papers as secured.
Takeaway: know who issues what, how it ranks and who holds the option.
| Case | Result |
|---|---|
| 5-year 6% coupon, yield 5% | RM104.33 (premium) |
| Same bond, yield 7% | RM95.90 (discount) |
| 5-year zero at 4% | RM82.19 |
| 5% coupon at RM96 | Current yield 5.21% |
| 2-year 5% coupon at RM96.50 | YTM ≈ 6.9% |
Every note. Every question. One pass.
2 more sections of this note are part of Premium.
From ≈RM16.58/mo on the Until-you-pass pass (12 months)
| Spots 3% (1y) and 4% (2y) |
| 1y forward in 1y ≈ 5.01% |
Prices move inversely to yields and pull to par as maturity approaches. The clean price excludes accrued interest (coupon × days since last coupon ÷ days in year); the buyer pays clean price plus accrued.
Trap: treating current yield as YTM, or expecting a one-point price change for a one-point yield change.
Takeaway: discount every cash flow at the yield; match the period to the coupon frequency.