Question

A legal document that details the rights of bondholders and the issuer is called If the legal document just described includes a sinking fund provision, is the bond considered to have more or less default risk, all else being equal? O Less default rislk O More default risk You can distinguish the various types of bonds by their terms of contract, pledge of collateral, and so on. Identify the type of bond based on each description given in the table that follows: Description Type of Bond These bonds are not backed by any physical collateral. They are backed by the reputation and creditworthiness of the issuing company. These bonds have a claim on assets only after senior debt has been paid in full. These bonds are backed by real estate holdings and equipment, and if a company goes bankrupt, the collateral can be sold off to compensate for the default. These bonds, more so than other collateralized securities, have prior claims over assets. The California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA) has a pollution control tax-exempt financing program. This program allows California businesses to get financing for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and equipping of their facilities for pollution control, waste disposal, waste recovery, and other activities conducted in the public's interest. Such bonds are called development or pollution control bonds. Development bonds have rates as corporate bonds. interest

Answer 1

As per rules I am answering the first 4 sub parts of the question

1: Indenture

(This is the document that lists the rights of bondholders)

2: Less default risk

(Since amounts are kept away by the issuer in separate funds)

3: Debentures

(They are not secured by a collateral)

4: Subordinated Debenture

(Such bonds are paid only after the senior debt is paid off first)