Bonds: A Concise Guide for Investors

by Moorad Choudhry

In this book leading expert Moorad Choudhry demystifies bonds once and for all. He explains the importance of bonds and why all private investors should include them as part of their investment strategy. Readers will gain insight into the advantages of holding bonds and why they should always form part of any savings portfolio.

166 pages, Hardcover

First published June 16, 2006

About the author

Moorad Choudhry is Managing Director, Head of Business Treasury, Global Banking & Markets at Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Before joining RBS, He was Head of Treasury at Europe Arab Bank, a subsidiary of Arab Bank. He joined there from KBC Financial Products in London, the derivatives and convertible bond trading arm of KBC Bank N.V., Brussels. Prior to that he was a vice-president in Structured Finance Services sales and marketing at JPMorgan Chase Bank, a sterling proprietary trader in the Treasury division at Hambros Bank Limited, and a gilt-edged market maker and money markets trader at ABN Amro Hoare Govett Limited. He began his City career at the London Stock Exchange in 1989.
Choudhry is Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, London Metropolitan University, a Visiting Research Fellow at the ICMA Centre, University of Reading, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Mathematical Trading and Finance, Cass Business School, a Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management.