1. (a)What are the derivative instruments that the company uses? Overall utilization of derivative instruments by AirAsia is for both purposes of hedging and held for trading. For instance using certain derivative instrument to hedge a particular or contingent risk associated with a recognized asset and liability and highly probable forecast transaction. Derivative instrument are recognized at fair value when parties are entered into contract and subsequently are measured at their fair value
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trades. The traditional financial tools and market can not satisfy the need of hedging any more. Hence‚ the derivatives came onto the market. In the first part of this essay‚ I will introduce what are derivatives and explain under what conditions will they be used. In the second part of the essay‚ I am going to analysis the strong points and the weaknesses of using derivatives‚ both from the general aspect and detailed perspective. At the last part of my essay‚ I will connect the derivatives with the
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Taking on one risk to off set another is hedging. The some of the tools required for hedging are futures‚ forwards‚ and swaps. With options‚ it is called as derivative instruments because one value of asset depends on the value of another asset. Futures contracts Futures were developed originally for agricultural commodities. For example‚ a farmer expects to have 100 tons of wheat to sell next September. If he is worried that the price may decline‚ he can hedge by selling 100 tons of September
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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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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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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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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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date=12/11/2003&story=1&title=Your-perception-of-derivatives-instrument-is With an assortment of investment instruments available in the financial markets‚ derivatives have caught the attention of investors and their volumes are on the rise. However‚ since this market is relatively more complicated than the cash market awareness and participation continues to be low as far as retail investors are concerned. Therefore‚ in order to know as to what an average investor feels about derivatives we conducted a poll and the
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concept of derivatives market 2. The situation of the stock market and forex market in Vietnam II. Influences of derivatives market as well as on Securities Market Forex market at Vietnam 1. Stock Market a. Growth stock market b. Debt leverage 2. Forex market a. Increase the value of domestic currency b. Exchange rate fluctuations III. Conclusion. I. Introduction 1. Derivative Market The derivatives market is the financial market for derivatives‚ financial
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