In recent years, complex financial products - such as asset-backed securities, derivatives, credit-default swaps, and collateralised debt obligations - have proliferated in developing countries. These products have become highly popular with banks and financial institutions as they allow them to hedge their risks and manage their financial resources more efficiently. Although various structured products have enabled the transfer of risks and enhanced the liquidity of instruments, the recent turmoil in the US sub-prime mortgage market and related developments connected with complex derivatives have also brought to the fore the risks posed by these instruments. In India, financial products such as mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities are in existence. Besides the securitized products, the Indian forex and rupee derivative markets have also developed significantly over the years. In its Annual Policy Statement for the year 2008-2009, the Reserve Bank of India announced the introduction of currency futures in the eligible exchanges. This book explains the basics of financial derivatives and their growth and role in the Indian financial system.

Collection of articles presented at the First Indian Derivatives Conference, on December 10-12, 1997, organised by Invest India Economic Foundation.

Derivatives and Risk Management provides readers with a thorough knowledge of the functions of derivatives and the many risks associated with their use. It covers particular derivative instruments available in India and the four types of derivatives. It is useful for postgraduate students of commerce, finance and management, fund managers, risk-management specialists, treasury managers, students taking the CFA examinations and anyone who wants to understand the derivatives market in India.

This highly acclaimed text, designed for postgraduate students of management, commerce, and financial studies, has been enlarged and updated in its second edition by introducing new chapters and topics with its focus on conceptual understanding based on practical examples. Each derivative product is illustrated with the help of diagrams, charts, tables and solved problems. Sufficient exercises and review questions help students to practice and test their knowledge. Since this comprehensive text includes latest developments in the field, the students pursuing CA, ICWA and CFA will also find this book of immense value, besides management and commerce students. THE NEW EDITION INCLUDES • Four new chapters on ‘Forward Rate Agreements’, ‘Pricing and Hedging of Swaps’, ‘Real Options’, and ‘Commodity Derivatives Market’ • Substantially revised chapters—‘Risk Management in Derivatives’, ‘Foreign Currency Forwards’, and ‘Credit Derivatives’ • Trading mechanism of Short-term interest rate futures and Long-term interest rate futures • Trading of foreign currency futures in India with RBI Guidelines • Currency Option Contracts in India • More solved examples and practice problems • Separate sections on ‘Swaps’ and ‘Other Financial Instruments’ • Extended Glossary

Designed as a text for postgraduate students of management, commerce, and financial studies, this compact text clearly explains the subject without the mathematical complexities one comes across in many textbooks. The book deals with derivatives and their pricing, keeping the Indian regulatory and trading environment as the backdrop. What’s more, each product is explained in detail with illustrative examples so as to make it easier for comprehension. The book first introduces the readers to the derivatives market and the quantitative foundations. Then it goes on to give a detailed description of the Forward Agreements, Interest Rate Futures, and Stock Index Futures and Swaps. The text also focuses on Options—Option Pricing, Option Hedging and Option Trading Strategies. It concludes with a discussion on OTC derivatives. KEY FEATURES : The application of each derivative product is illustrated with the help of solved examples. Practice problems are given at the end of each chapter. A detailed glossary, important formulae and major website addresses are included in the book. This book would also be of immense benefit to students pursuing courses in CA, ICWA and CFA.

Financial Derivatives—Text and Cases has been written primarily for the students of MBA, MCom, MFC, MIB and so on, who wish to study the subject as a part of their specialization in the area of finance. It will also be useful to finance professionals. It is written in a very simple language and presented in a neat style, covering the entire spectrum ranging from basics to advanced aspects of financial derivatives. The focus is on recent developments in the area.The book sets the direction of every chapter by laying down course outcomes at the beginning of each chapter. Judicially supplementing and substantiating the main text are figures and charts, tables, numerical illustrations, different types of questions such as fill in the blanks, true/false, short answer questions and essay type questions. Every chapter ends with a brief summary of the entire text of the chapter which helps the reader to grasp its important aspects.

In the recent decade, financial markets have been marked by excessive volatility and are associated with various risks. Derivatives are the instruments for managing risks. Derivatives are financial contracts whose value/price is dependent on the behavior of the price of one or more basic underlying assets which may be commodity or financial asset. In recent years, derivatives have become increasingly important in the field of finance. The book discusses at large the meaning, basic understanding, pricing and trading strategies of the financial derivatives. Common derivatives include options, forward contracts, futures contracts, and swaps. While futures and options are now actively traded on many exchanges, forward contracts are popular on the OTC market. This book provides a broad-based introduction to the technical aspects of the main classes of derivatives, the markets in which they are traded and the underlying concepts. This book is a comprehensive, industry-independent exploration of financial derivatives which offers an insightful look inside financial derivatives that is sweeping corporate world, banks, and investment finance. From reviewing the basic building blocks of financial derivatives to systematically examining the myriad of processes involved in creating innovative financial instruments, this lucid text provides professional advice to the learners. This book is intended as a text for MBA students specializing in the area of Finance, students of CA/ICWA, students of M.Com, academicians, researchers, practitioners and investors in general.

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A comprehensive, concise treatment of the subject of derivatives focusing on making essential concepts accessible to wider audiences.

Market_Desc: " Students" Traders" Practitioners" Stock exchange Regulators" Share brokers" New investors Special Features: · Provides incisive information about the basic techniques of risk management and derivatives· Excellent resource for beginners as well as for those who want to dwell deeper in the subject· The book is a direct result of the author s experience in teaching Derivatives in Business schools· Written in a none-too-formal style, which makes it understandable and very user friendly· The book lays special emphasis on practical understanding avoiding use of complex mathematical derivations· The book uses spreadsheet examples to drive home the concept· A number of solved problems and conceptual queries are given at the end of the section relating to Futures and the one relating to Options.· Some of the chapters included in the book ends with a number of real-world examples and illustrations based on Indian Stock Exchange About The Book: This comprehensive book provides a solid theoretical step-by-step approach to the understanding of basic derivative instruments, their pricing, uses in hedging and uses as synthetics and mimics. The text also offers in-depth information on several important topics such as Interest Rate Derivatives, Swaps and Credit Derivatives, Option Greeks, Delta hedging and Delta-Gamma-hedging.