Risk management and the use of derivatives
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SummaryThis paper investigates the use of derivatives in Risk Management. Deriving the value from an underlying asset or an index representing assets, derivatives bear the ability to accelerate gains or losses for a small initial outlay thus assisting corporations to manage risk and return opportunities, while adding value to their operations.
Keywords: risk, forwards, futures, options, hedging, speculation, arbitrage.
Keywords: risk, forwards, futures, options, hedging, speculation, arbitrage.
Table of Contents
- Abstract.
- Introduction.
- Defining risk.
- Defining risk management.
- Conducting a risk management assessment.
- Transferring the risk to an insurance company.
- Transferring the risk to a third party.
- Forward contract.
- Futures contract.
- Options.
- Examples of using Derivatives to leverage risk .
- Important considerations.
- Conclusion.
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