Economics of the Financial System Show how transactions in derivatives can be used to either hedge risk or to open speculative positions. Derivatives have become popular in response to the increasing volatility and complexity of financial markets. A diverse range of new financial products have been created to enable market participants to handle the risks arising from trade in securities and to speculate on future expected movements in securities prices‚ without direct trade in the assets themselves
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International Economics DERIVATIVE MARKETS FUTURES‚ FORWARDS‚ OPTIONS‚ SWAPS‚ CAPS AND FLOOR MARKETS Prepared by: Zagorskaya Ksenia 1. OVERVIEW OF DERIVATIVE MARKET Derivatives are financial instruments whose value is derived from the value of something else. They generally take the form of contracts under which the parties agree to payments between them based upon the value of an underlying asset or other data at a particular point in time. The main types of derivatives are futures‚ forwards
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III 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Problem and objective 1 1.2 Structure of this paper 1 2 Background Information 2 2.1 Definitions of fundamental terms 2 2.2 Commodity price risk in different firms 2 3 Explanation of derivatives 3 3.1 Options 3 3.2 Futures 4 3.3 Forwards 6 3.4 Swaps 6 4 Hedging strategies with derivatives 7 4.1 Hedging with options 7 4.2 Hedging with futures 7 4.3 Hedging with forwards 8 4.4 Hedging with swaps 8 5 Pros and cons of hedging strategies with derivatives 8 5
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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 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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that that is immediately responsible for the implementation of such organizational essentialities as managerial decision making‚ front line supervision‚ marketing‚ advertising‚ and developing such strategies as competitive and aggressive modes. How the HR‚ within a given company‚ relates to that company’s competitive success It is subsequently apparent‚ speaking in light of the relevance of human resources as it has been mentioned above‚ that the effectual management of the human resources or
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LUFTHANSA: TO HEDGE OR NOT TO HEDGE 1. If the DM/US$ exchange rate were 2.4DM/US$ in January 1986‚ what would be the all in cost of the aircraft purchase under each alternative? What would be the all in cost of the aircraft purchase under each alternative if the exchange rate were 3.4DM/US$? Consider both fully hedging the cost and hedging exactly one half of the cost (why may you only want to hedge part of the purchase price?). 1. Do nothing and wait and see what the exchange rate is like
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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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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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