Distressed securities

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• Alternative Investment FundA privately pooled investment vehicle registered with SEBI that raises money from select Indian or foreign investors under a defined investment policy — never from the public at large.
• Asset allocationThe decision on how to distribute a client's wealth across asset classes — the first decision in building a portfolio, and the one that explains most of what the portfolio then does.
• CorrelationA measure of the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables, running from -1 to +1, and the single factor that determines how much risk diversification actually removes.
• Credit spreadThe extra yield a non-government borrower must pay over a government security of the same tenor — the market price of credit risk, quoted as an add-on over the risk-free rate.
• Current yieldA bond's annual coupon in rupees divided by its current market price — the cash income the bond throws off this year, ignoring any gain or loss at redemption.
• Differential Voting RightsEquity shares that carry less than one vote each, letting a company raise capital without diluting control — and letting an investor who does not want the vote buy the same economics at a discount.