Derivatives
296 white papers and resources
Risk Library provides derivatives white papers which consider current issues and thinking, market conditions and how derivatives can be used to their best effect. In Business, a derivative is a form of contract where its value is derived from the value of underlying assets. Derivatives can be used to both hedge risk and for speculation. The most common types of derivatives are futures, options, forwards and swaps.
CAPE and the COVID-19 Pandemic Effect
This paper will specifically examine how the CAPE ration has behaved over the COVID-19 pandemic period, extending the analysis beyond the United States equity benchmark to look at the CAPE ratios for the UK, Europe, Japan and China, to analyse the effect of the pandemic across the major equity…
SPAN-2: enhanced margining framework
SPAN has been the industry standard for margining for decades. In recent years, the demands on margin methodologies have increased due to the growth in the diversity and complexity of products and the greater need for portfolio and capital efficiency driven by regulatory change.
Risk matters for capital markets
In a recent webinar, risk management experts Sidhartha Dash, research director, Chartis Research, Mario Schlener, Canadian leader of EY’s Financial Services Risk Management Practice and Andrew Woods, head of risk services for FIS’ Cross-Asset Trading and Risk business, gathered to discuss the…
Panel Discussion: Operations Techniques for Collateral Management
Sponsored by IHS Markit, this session was broadcast at Risk Hong Kong virtual to discuss collateral management transformation and latest regulatory trends.
Video content: Using futures to hedge bond portfolios against market uncertainties
Hosted by TMX and Asia Risk, this virtual briefing discussed how futures can be efficiently utilized in a global bond portfolio. The discussion featured expert insights from: Yoji Asamizu, Head of Fixed Income Trading Hong Kong, Royal Bank of Canada Robert Catani, Head of Institutional Sales and…
LIBOR Swaptions: Impact of Discounting Switch & Fallback
This 3-part ebook details the analysis of SOFR and LIBOR fixings and volatility, the impact of the Fed Funds/SOFR switch on value transfers for swaptions and the impact on swaptions of LIBOR fallback discussed in that webinar.
LIBOR Fallback: Compounded Risk-Free Rates & Historical Data Analysis
This 3-part ebook details the analysis of SOFR and LIBOR fixings and volatility, the impact of the Fed Funds/SOFR switch on value transfers for swaptions and the impact on swaptions of LIBOR fallback discussed in that webinar. Chapter 2 continues the analysis of historical data for SOFR and LIBOR…
A Visual Analysis of the LIBOR Transition: Market Impact of COVID-19
This 3-part ebook details the analysis of SOFR and LIBOR fixings and volatility, the impact of the Fed Funds/SOFR switch on value transfers for swaptions and the impact on swaptions of LIBOR fallback discussed in that webinar. Chapter 1 focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the financial markets and…
TMX making inroads into Asia with its suite of interest rate derivatives
As jurisdictions worldwide move away from the use of interbank offered rates (Ibors) by 2021 toward the adoption of risk-free rates (RFRs), Canada has also made significant contributions to domestic and international benchmark reforms. The enhancements to the Canadian overnight repo rate average …
High-performance risk analytics – usability and the user experience
In this final episode of the three-part audiocast series, contributing editor Tim Bourgaize Murray talks to Neil Dodgson, vice-president, product management at SS&C Algorithmics, as he charts the development of high-performance risk analytics from the perspective of usability and the user…