Derivatives
299 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.
Equity Life Cycle Management
The equity swaps market has an inefficient, labour-intensive, and manual T+N affirmation process – particularly during reset periods. Buy-side and sell-side participants face uncertainty around settlements, with delays identifying and fixing breaks in a timely manner. This video showcases a…
LIBOR: The use and benefits of an index for RFRs in cash products
This whitepaper explores the complications caused by the changes in interest calculations when using RFRs and how they can be addressed through use of an index. This paper explores the complications and how they can be addressed through use of an index.
TMX が金利デリバティブを引っ提げアジアに進出
LIBOR（ロンドン銀行間取引金利）の恒久的な公表停止が2021年末に迫り、世界各国がリスクフリーレート（RFR）の採用へと急ぐ中、カナダも国内外の金利指標改革に多大な貢献を続けている。カナダ翌日物レポ平均金利（CORRA）の強化はその取り組みの成果のひとつだ。これによって、カナダは、調査を根拠とする指標金利のベンチマークから、取引を根拠とするベンチマークへの移行に乗り出した国のひとつに数えられるようになっている。
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…