DERIVATIVES FOR MANAGING FINANCIAL RISK Q-1 What are derivatives? Why do companies hedge risk using derivatives? A-1 A derivative is a financial instrument whose pay-offs is derived from some other asset which is called an underlying asset. Option‚ an example of a derivative security‚ is a more complicated derivative. There are a large number of simple derivatives like futures or forward contracts or swaps. Derivatives are tools to reduce a firm’s risk exposure. A firm can do away with unnecessary
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FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES “Risk in Investing in Derivatives” Submitted By: Zeeshan Saeed (9961) Hashim Mamsa (10138) Fawaz Shaikh (11276) Ali Kazi (10537) Submitted To: Mrs. Shazia Farooq TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION_______________________________________________________________________ 3 Types of Risk:_________________________________________________________________________ 4 I. Market Risk:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 II. Default risk…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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CHAPTER 24 DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT Please see the preface for information on the AACSB letter indicators (F‚ M‚ etc.) on the subject lines. True/False Easy: (24.1) Risk management FP Answer: a EASY 1. One objective of risk management can be to reduce the volatility of a firm’s cash flows. a. True b. False (24.4) Swaps FP Answer: b EASY 2. Interest rate swaps allow a firm to exchange fixed for floating-rate payments‚ but a swap cannot reduce
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Derivatives in Financial Market Development Rangarajan K. Sundaram New York University (contact: rsundara@stern.nyu.edu) (contact: ) February 2013 Derivatives in Financial Market Development Rangarajan K. Sundaram Stern School of Business‚ New York University http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/ rsundara 13 September 2012 Contents Executive Summary ii 1 Introduction 2 2 The World Derivatives Market 2 2.1 Basic Derivative Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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thank GOD almighty for giving us strength to complete this project. Introduction A derivative is a financial contract which derives its value from the performance of another entity such as an asset‚ index‚ or interest rate‚ called the "underlying". Derivatives are one of the three main categories of financial instruments‚ the other two being equities (i.e. stocks) and debt (i.e. bonds and mortgages). Derivatives include a variety of financial contracts‚ including futures‚ forwards‚ swaps‚ options
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Financial Derivatives DERIVATIVE SECURITY: A derivative security is a security whose value is contingent on the value of other more basic underlying variables. Hence derivatives are also known as contingent claims. Very often the variables underlying derivatives securities are the prices of traded securities. For example‚ stock option. Futures and Options ⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒ actively traded on the many different exchanges. Forward Contracts‚ Swaps ⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒ traded outside of exchanges by financial Institutions
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www.edupristine.com Derivatives- I Mapping to Curriculum • Reading 60: Derivative Markets and Instruments • Reading 61: Forward Markets and Contracts • Reading 62: Future Markets and Contracts Expect around 6 questions in the exam from today’s lecture © Neev Knowledge Management – Pristine 2 www.edupristine.com Key Concepts • Difference Between OTC And Exchange Traded Contracts • Payoffs of Futures and Forwards • FRA‘s • Margins • Types of Futures © Neev Knowledge Management
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Contents 1 Introduction to derivatives 1.1 Derivatives defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Products‚ participants and functions . . . . . . . 1.3 Derivatives markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 Spot versus forward transaction . . . . . 1.3.2 Exchange traded versus OTC derivatives . 1.3.3 Some commonly used derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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BASICS OF DERIVATIVES © Copyright 2002 India Infoline Ltd. All rights reserved. Regd. Off: 24‚ Nirlon Complex‚ Off W E Highway‚ Goregaon(E) Mumbai-400 063. Tel.: +(91 22) 685 0101/0505 Fax: 685 0585 BASICS OF DERIVATIVES CONTENTS FOREWORD ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 5 2. FUTURES
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Financial Derivatives Market in India This research study encompasses in its scope an analysis of historical roots of derivative trading‚ types of derivative products‚ regulation and policy developments‚ trend and growth‚ future prospects and challenges of derivative market in India. The study is organized into three sections. Section I deals with the concept‚ definition‚ features and types of financial derivatives. Section II has been devoted to a discussion of the growth of derivatives market
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