The intrinsic complexity of the financial derivatives market has emerged as both an incentive to engage in it, and a key source of its inherent instability. Regulators now faced with the challenge of ...

This paper leverages the equal risk pricing (ERP) framework for the valuation of illiquid financial derivatives. Such a method sets the derivative price as the premium, which leads to equal residual ...

SEBI has clarified on December 18 that reports suggesting it has prohibited Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) from issuing Overseas Derivative Instruments (ODIs) are incorrect. ODIs referencing cash ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and currently holds a Life, ...

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced significant changes to the regulations governing Offshore Derivative Instruments (ODIs) issued by Foreign Portfolio Investors ...

Better luck next time? Luxor’s OTC Bitcoin mining derivatives could offer miners “a much needed tool to hedge their mining operations.” Hedging against downside has always been a challenge for Bitcoin ...

Q Do companies sometimes find “unexpected” derivative instruments? A Yes! When companies want to borrow money at a fixed rate of interest, it is not uncommon to find that borrowing on a variable rate ...

In the recent past, derivatives have suffered from a poor reputation, with some critics viewing derivative instruments as a form of legalised gambling. While derivatives can be used to speculate on ...