Overview

"This book is a practical guide to derivatives, setting out a straightforward and easily understood explanation of the basic concepts, the different types of derivative product, who uses derivatives, and why and how derivatives are used. The book explains both more established products (such as futures, options, and swaps) and more innovative products (such as CPPI structures and those derivative contracts used as financing tools). The expansion of the derivative market to cover different underlying assets (such as freight, power trading, emissions trading, and hedge funds) is explored. The author provides guidance as to the legal and regulatory treatment of derivatives. The book looks at the key documents that are used in both the exchange-based and over-the-counter (OTC) markets and explores the important materials published by ISDA .The book also discusses other related topics including the accounting and tax treatments of derivatives. The book considers the background to current legal trends, including the developing strand of English case law on claims for the misselling of derivative products and the retail offer of derivatives, which has recently been the subject of considerable debate within the financial services industry. The third edition includes a new discussion of the retail offer of derivatives, and discusses a greater number of derivative products (including CPPI structures, derivatives used as financing tools, power trading, emissions trading, multi-asset derivatives, fund-linked derivatives, derivatives based on ""computed data"", and the different wrappers"" in which derivative exposures are made available). It provides greatly expanded discussion of the ISDA documents used in the over-the-counter (OTC) market and looks in more detail at the duty of care (selling and misselling, including the recent decision in the ""Springwell"" litigation)."

Full Product Details

Author:   John-Peter Castagnino (In-house counsel at Citi.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.029kg
ISBN:  

9780199556366

ISBN 10:   0199556369
Pages:   516
Publication Date:   05 February 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

1. An overview ; 2. The two principle market structures ; 2.1 The participants in the markets ; 2.2 The on-exchange market ; 2.3 Derivatives exchanges ; 2.4 The OTC Market ; 3. Key Concepts ; 3.1 'Long' and 'short' ; 3.2 The bid and offer spread ; 3.3 Tick ; 3.4 Margin ; 3.5 Example of tick and margin ; 4. Products ; 4.1 Forward contract ; 4.2 Futures contract ; 4.3 Option contract ; 4.4 Warrant ; 4.5 Forward Rate Agreement (FRA) ; 4.6 Swap ; 4.7 Cap, floor and collar contracts ; 4.8 Credit derivatives and synthetic CDOs ; 4.9 Fund derivatives ; 4.10 Multi-asset derivatives ; 4.11 The securitisation of derivatives cash flows ; 4.12 Repurchase and revers repurchase agreements ; 4.13 Financial engineering ; 5. Legal and regulatory ; 5.1 Legislation and regulation ; 5.2 The general prohibition ; 5.3 Regulated activities ; 5.4 Legal market structures ; 5.5 EU legislation ; 6. Risk and the on-exchange market ; 6.1 Recognised Investment Exchanges ; 6.2 Companies Act 1989 ; 6.3 Give-up Agreements and Clearing Agreements ; 7. Risk and the OTC market ; 7.1 OTC documentation generally ; 7.2 ISDA ; 7.3 The ISDA 2002 Master Agreement and Schedule ; 7.4 ISDA credit support ; 7.5 ISDA Confirmation ; 7.6 ISDA Definitions ; 7.7 TBMA/ISMA Global Master Repurchase Agreement ; 7.8 Advantages and disadvantages ; 8. Legal Issues ; 8.1 Unregulated forwards and regulated futures ; 8.2 The swap analysed as a contract ; 8.3 Derivatives contracts derived as other contracts ; 8.4 Credit derivatives documentation ; 8.5 The doctrine of ultra vires ; 8.6 The duty of care ; 8.7 The construction of terms of a derivatives contract ; 9. End-users ; 9.1 The investment management industry ; 9.2 Hedge funds ; 9.3 Corporate treasuries ; 9.4 Prime brokerage ; 10. Capital ; 10.1 Sources of regulation ; 10.2 Banks ; 10.3 Investment businesses ; 10.4 The capital Accord ; 10.5 Basel II ; 10.6 Credit rating ; 11. Accounting and Tax ; 11.1 Financial reporting ; 11.2 The taxation of transactions: hedging or trading ; 11.3 The taxation of transactions: income or capital gains ; 11.4 The taxation of transactions: witholding tax ; 11.5 The substance of transactions ; 11.6 Records and reporting ; 11.7 'Accounting-driven' transactions ; 12. Defining the risk map

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This is an excellent business law book. It explains the business and legal issues clearly and straightforwardly and gives the professional an understanding of the concepts and products involved. David Stokes, Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC, JIBLR

This is an excellent business law book. It explains the business and legal issues clearly and straightforwardly and gives the professional an understanding of the concepts and products involved. * David Stokes, Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC, JIBLR *

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