| FI475-Project Study | Six Derivatives Mishaps | 2012/5/8 | Sumitomo (future contracts) Background: 1996‚ Sumitomo Corporation was one of the top copper market makers in the world. During the over 10 years under Hamanaka‚ who was a genius charged on allegations that he could manipulate the price of the metal‚ Sumitomo lost at least $1.8 billion as a result of what it said were unauthorized trades‚ which then lost a third of its value on world markets in less than two months. The affair was
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Amputation Mishap The Neighborhood News reports of a medical error at The Neighborhood Hospital. The report states a 62 year-old male patient underwent surgery to have his leg amputated only to discover the wrong leg was amputated during surgery. The newspaper article states the mishap is negligence. In the following paragraphs‚ negligence‚ gross negligence‚ and malpractice are discussed and determine if the newspaper’s statement of negligence is correct. Ethical principles in nursing and
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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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flying the C-130 since 1961. In that time‚ their class A mishap rate from 1961 to 1998 was 0.87 mishaps per 100‚000 flying hours. It was also found that they had zero class A mishaps since 1977. The available flying hours for the Coast Guard only dated back to 1983 but from 1983 to 1997‚ their class A mishap rate was 0.30‚ experiencing only one mishap. Between the years of 1961 to 1982‚ the Coast Guard had experienced three class A mishaps (C-130 Broad Area Review‚ 1998). With the C-130 flying
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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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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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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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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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