How is the fixed payment loan similar to coupon bond? How is it different?
Fixed payment loans are similar to coupon bond in their structures. Both these payment mechanisms have a fixed repayment schedule ie Interest every period for loan and Coupon every period for the bond till maturity after which the principal is also repaid.
The difference in both these instruments lie in the tradeability of instruments. While fixed payment loans cannot be traded, bonds are traded in the secondary market where the price discovery happens with the change in yield to maturity of these bonds. So bonds can be subject to mark to market if needs be to assess the actual debt value in the balance sheet.
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