Risk Management through Derivatives in India

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India’s economy is booming! With large decreases in poverty, increases in literacy and GDP, India is continuing to make its way out of the third world and into the first. India is predicted to surpass even China in growth by 2050. A competitive private capital market has instilled Indians with a low cost high quality mentality and has resulted in some of the highest return rates for any country. India has been averaging 6% growth compared to China’s 9.5% with half the investments. India capital efficiency is one of its strongest economic benefits.

The Balance of Payments in India mainly relies on services exports, remittances and the course capital flows, both foreign direct investments (FDI) and FII. It is very essential that all market participants, such as banks and other intermediaries be provided with the wherewithal so that they can undertake a risk management in a way that is scientific. One of the ways to access domestic, foreign exchange markets is to hedge on the underlying foreign exchange exposures. In addition, the facilities that are available as the booking of forward contracts were included in the domestic forex market in order to evolve and acquire volumes and depth (Sumanth, 2012). Some of the newer hedging instruments have put in place swaps and options in the

The Indian economy following the 1991 crisis swiftly moved away from central planning economy towards market-based economy with the government having less intervention and control. As a result, companies were operating in what is called emerging

There are lots of methods to solve the changes in foreign currency and interest rates issue, however, derivative financial instruments are the major tunes Nike enterprise has used to tackle this issue. Despite the fact that this approach does not wipe out comprehensively the risk of foreign exchange, Nike enterprise still utilize it to minimize or delay the negative consequences. Specifically, the derivative financial instruments comprise embedded derivatives, interest rate swap, and foreign exchange forwards and options contracts (Nike annual report, 2014).

The presentation was scheduled for the first week of December 1990. Mr. Pross outlined the use of various derivatives, noting that they differed widely in their ability to reduce risk. If the company was, say, placing a large bid to buy a building abroad, one might prefer to use foreign currency options to hedge the currency risk in the event the deal fell through. He argued, however, that foreign currency futures were best suited to hedge the fluctuations in revenues arising from currency movements. Mr. Pross proposed a plan to hedge currency risk using futures which

Protectionism, especially in scenarios with continued high unemployment and economic malaise; India exploits scrutiny of India’s own restrictions on inward foreign investment. The rules are particularly tough on foreign investment in banks.

The purpose of the report is to primarily analyze the Indian stock broking industry and the various forces which affect the competitive position of firms within the industry. A three-phase analysis is carried out in which the first phase involves detailed research about the history of stock markets in India, the evolution of capital markets over the years during pre-independence era and later stages after independence. Important historical events which had a significant effect on the capital market industry as a whole were analyzed. A comprehensive study on macroeconomic policies which were brought about by the then Indian government in 1991 and their impact on the stock market and stock broking industry is carried out to

Invesco can establish a new branch in a new market and then either inject cash or capital from their various funds. However, an investment in emerging market countries carries greater risks compared to more developed counties, for example many of the assets in these countries can be less liquid. The risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign currencies, political and economic instability, and foreign taxation issues (Invesco, 2013). Therefore, there are both increased risks as well as opportunity in many of the emerging markets that Invesco is operating in.

i.e. SEBI acted as a nodal point and a navigator in entire proceeding of F I Investment and it registration in India. These regulations continue to maintain the link with the government guidelines by inserting a clause to indicate that the investment by FIIs should also be subject to Government guidelines. This linkage has allowed the Government to indicate various investment limits including in specific sectors. With coming into force of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, (FEMA), 1999 in 2000, the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000 were issued to provide the foreign exchange control context where foreign exchange related transactions of FIIs were permitted by RBI. A philosophy of preference for institutional funds, and prohibition on portfolio investments by foreign natural persons has been followed, except in the case of Non-resident Indians, where direct participation by individuals takes place. Right from 1992, FIIs have been allowed to invest in all securities traded on the primary and secondary markets, including shares, debentures and warrants issued by companies which were listed or were to be listed on the Stock Exchanges in India and in schemes floated by domestic mutual funds.

In the initial SIB projects, philanthropic investors have assumed most of the risk of the projects. Little or no government payment has been required unless the projects meet their performance targets. One of the main reasons SIBs have spread so rapidly is because of their model and approach. They posses a “money-back guarantee” structure that has been very attractive to governments. In the long run, it may be necessary for governments to share more of the failure risk if SIBs are not to reach their full potential. The pool of capital available and the number of policy areas where it will be possible to convince investors to take on all of the risk are likely to be limited.

depended on their banks to hedge currency exposures. In a 2009 newspaper article, Ramesh Kumar,

India is among the top-5 producers of most of the commodities, in addition to being a major consumer of bullion and energy products. Agriculture contributes about 22% to the GDP of the Indian economy. It employees around 57% of the labour force on a total of 163 million hectares of land. Agriculture sector is an important factor in achieving a GDP growth of 8-10%. All this indicates that India can be promoted as a major centre for trading of commodity derivatives. It is unfortunate that the policies of FMC during the most of 1950s to 1980s suppressed the very markets it was supposed to encourage and nurture to grow with times. It was a mistake other emerging economies of the world would want to avoid. However, it is not in India alone that derivatives were suspected of creating too much speculation that would be

In 70’s and 80’s many countries switched over to the free convertibility of their currencies into foreign exchange. By 1990, 70 countries of the world had introduced currency convertibility on current account; another 10 countries joined them in 1991.

The Reserve Bank Of India’ Bulletin is a monthly publication. It not only provides information, but also results of important studies and investigations conducted by reserve bank are given. ‘The Report on currency and finance’ is an annual publication. It provides review of various developments of economic and financial importance.