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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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Discussion on OTC Derivatives Reform: Netting and Networks | Conference – 2013
19 Aug 2013
Conferences
But, to the extent that they are entering derivative contracts they are de facto levered. ... Second, how well does the model generalise to the case of many derivatives rather than just two as assumed?
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2013/heath-kelly-manning-disc.html
List of tables
10 Feb 2010
SMP
– February 2010
1,545. 1,257. 288. (a) Positive values represent derivative positions under which the holder will receive foreign currency in exchange for Australian dollars at a predetermined exchange rate (that is, ... Negative values represent derivative positions
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2010/feb/tables.html
OTC Derivatives Reform: Netting and Networks | Conference – 2013
19 Aug 2013
Conferences
Using data on OTC derivative positions across products, sourced from the Bank for International Settlements, the authors demonstrate that the central clearing of credit derivatives alone would be unlikely to satisfy ... In the mixed clearing case, we
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2013/heath-kelly-manning.html
Explaining Global Market Turmoil: A Fresh Perspective on its Origins and Nature | Conference – 1999
9 Aug 1999
Conferences
US. Finally, in the case of derivatives, matters are definitionally so complex that, when trouble comes, model uncertainty is maximised and pandemonium ensues. ... The kind of securities required were quite abstract (‘state-dependent contracts’), and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1999/brock.html
Liquidity and Funding Markets
19 Aug 2013
Conference
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2013
The Reserve Bank of Australia 2013 conference, ‘Liquidity and Funding Markets’
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2013/
Box A: Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging in Australia
10 Nov 2013
SMP
– November 2013
The Australian Bureau of Statistics survey of Foreign Currency Exposure (FCE) contains detailed information on Australian entities' foreign currency asset and liability positions and their use of derivatives to hedge these ... 2013. The 2013 survey
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2013/nov/box-a.html
The Economics of Shadow Banking | Conference – 2013
19 Aug 2013
Conferences
OTC derivatives move to CCPs. At the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh in 2009, it was decided that a critical mass of dealer banks' derivative-related risks would be moved to CCPs ... OTC derivatives markets straddle regulated systemically important financial
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2013/singh.html
Regulating the New Financial Markets | Conference – 1996
9 Jul 1996
Conferences
Management faces formidable difficulties in monitoring, controlling and verifying the risks incurred by derivatives dealers. ... Derivatives activity also presents financial markets with a new kind of transparency problem.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1996/dale.html
Box B: Iron Ore Pricing
10 Aug 2012
SMP
– August 2012
past. The increasing use of shorter-term price contracts has also encouraged more activity and liquidity in iron ore derivative markets as firms increase their use of hedging instruments. ... One example is over-the-counter iron ore swap contracts, which
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2012/aug/box-b.html
Box C: Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging in Australia
10 Feb 2010
SMP
– February 2010
The majority of the liabilities that are denominated in foreign currency are hedged using derivative instruments, leaving only a small unhedged liability exposure. ... to hold nearly half this amount again in Australian dollar exposure through the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2010/feb/box-c.html