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RBA Glossary definition for derivative
derivative – A financial contract whose value is based on, or derived from, another financial instrument (such as a bond or share) or a market index (such as the Share Price Index). Examples of derivatives include futures, forwards, swaps and options.
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Why Something Needs to be Done | Hedge Funds, Financial Stability and Market Integrity – March 1999 | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Mar 1999
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Perhaps the biggest shortcoming is the handling of off-balance sheet exposures through the use of derivatives. ... Derivatives have allowed hedge funds to take on much larger exposures to market movements than would be possible using on-balance sheet
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/hedge-funds-financial-stability-and-market-integrity/why-something-needs-to-be-done.html
Appendix A: Trends in the Australian Financial System | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – 6 September 1996 | Financial Sector |…
6 Sep 1996
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shows the rapid expansion in banks' derivative activities, especially over the latter part of the 1980s. ... There is also a very tentative examination of the scope for developing credit derivatives by some institutions, an innovation that is embryonic
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/appendix-a.html
Policy Responses | Hedge Funds, Financial Stability and Market Integrity – March 1999-Public | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Mar 1999
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Importantly, in many countries there are also restrictions on the use of derivatives and debt by mutual funds. ... In contrast, if the exposure is created through a derivatives transaction, the capital requirement is 4 per cent.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/hedge-funds-financial-stability-and-market-integrity/public-policy-responses.html
Assessment of Prudential Supervision Arrangements | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – 6 September 1996 | Financial Sector |…
6 Sep 1996
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Meanwhile, reviews of the regulation of collective investments, friendly societies, trustee companies and derivatives markets are in train. ... In contrast with some other countries, Australian banking groups have considerable choice in business
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-1996/assessment-prudential-supervision-arrangements.html
International Comparisons | International Comparisons of Bank Margins – August 1994 | Bank Fees and Margins | Submissions
1 Aug 1994
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derivatives. The country that appears to have gone against this trend is New Zealand, where non-interest income has been falling relative to assets.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/international-comparisons-of-bank-margins/internationall-comparisons.html
Sources and Management of Systemic Risk | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – March 2014 | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Mar 2014
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Contagion in banking markets can stem from interconnections between banks through borrowing and lending activities, payment or derivative transactions, as well as correlated exposures and similar funding structures. ... The complexity of a bank's
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/sources-and-management-of-systemic-risk.html
Key Financial Developments Since the Wallis Inquiry | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – March 2014 | Financial Sector |…
1 Mar 2014
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Market participants have increasingly used instruments, including derivatives and structured finance products, to deconstruct risk events into their constituent elements and repackage them in a variety of ways; this process is ... For instance, the rapid
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/financial-developments-since-wallis-inquiry.html
The Impact of Hedge Funds on Financial Markets – June 1999 | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Jun 1999
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encouraging the development of more accurate measures of exposures resulting from trading and derivatives transactions;. ... Economic leverage can be obtained through the use of repurchase agreements, short positions, and derivatives contracts.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-international-financial-markets-effects-on-govt-policy/impact-hedge-funds-on-financial-markets-1999.html
Competition, Efficiency and Innovation in Banking | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – March 2014 | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Mar 2014
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their holdings of liquid assets, and gains or losses on derivatives (RBA 2010, pp 20–21).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/competition-efficiency-and-innovation.html
Developments and Innovation in the Payments System | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – March 2014 | Financial Sector |…
1 Mar 2014
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In particular, with reforms in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets increasingly concentrating activity in central counterparties (CCPs), it is crucial that the official sector has the power to deal with
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/developments-and-innovation.html