Derivatives and Hedge Funds

Derivatives and Hedge Funds
Author: Stephen Satchell
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2016-05-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1137554177

Over the last 20 years hedge funds and derivatives have fluctuated in reputational terms; they have been blamed for the global financial crisis and been praised for the provision of liquidity in troubled times. Both topics are rather under-researched due to a combination of data and secrecy issues. This book is a collection of papers celebrating 20 years of the Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds (JDHF). The 18 papers included in this volume represent a small sample of influential papers included during the life of the Journal, representing industry-orientated research in these areas. With a Preface from co-editor of the journal Stephen Satchell, the first part of the collection focuses on hedge funds and the second on markets, prices and products.

Understanding Volatility - the Case of the Introduction of Futures Trading in the National Stock Exchange, India

Understanding Volatility - the Case of the Introduction of Futures Trading in the National Stock Exchange, India
Author: Saurabh Kumar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2002
Genre:
ISBN:

This project attempts to investigate the effect of the introduction of Futures trading in the National Stock Exchange, India (NSE) and get insights into the effect upon the volatility of the NSE. The underlying spot market volatility is estimated using symmetric GARCH methods. Any increase in stock market volatility that has followed the onset of futures trading has generally been taken as justifying the traditional view that the introduction of futures markets induces destabilizing speculation. This has led to calls for greater regulation to minimise any detrimental effects. An alternative view is that futures markets provide an additional route by which information can be transmitted, and, therefore, increased spot market volatility may simply be a consequence of the more frequent arrival, and more rapid processing of information. Thus, futures trading may be fully consistent with efficiently functioning markets.This paper attempts to investigate the change, if any, in the volatility observed in the Indian stock market due to the introduction of futures trading. The change in the volatility is compared not only in absolute levels of volatility but also in terms of the structure of the volatility. This is done to give insights into the way the futures market is influencing the Indian spot market's volatility.

Financial Market Volatility and the Implications for Market Regulation

Financial Market Volatility and the Implications for Market Regulation
Author: Louis O. Scott
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1990-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451944594

Volatility in financial markets has forced economists to reexamine the validity of the efficient markets hypothesis, and new empirical approaches have been applied to the study of this important issue in recent years. Many of the recent studies have found evidence of excessive volatility. In the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1987 and the perceived increase in market volatility, some economists have advocated additional market regulations. Are these proposed regulations necessary and would they serve to reduce market volatility? This paper presents a review of recent studies on financial market volatility and examines the proposed regulations.

Price Effects of Financial Futures Trading

Price Effects of Financial Futures Trading
Author: David Cohen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1982
Genre: Commodity exchanges
ISBN:

There has been much concern voiced over the possible spot market volatility effects of the new financial futures markets, particularly in a study by the Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury Department regarding Treasury instrument futures markets. This study is designed to provide evidence on the spot price volatility effects of futures trading in 90-day Treasury Bills, The method of analysis is to first identify periods of time that are roughly similar in their overall capital market volatility, but differ in that one period is before TBill futures trading began and its comparable period is after TBill futures trading began. Next several econometric techniques are used to estimate models of interest rate determination. The estimation produces measures of spot TBill rate volatility for each of the comparable periods which are then used in a pairwise fashion to ascertain the spot price volatility effects of futures trading. The interest rate models come from the rather large body of macroeconomics literature dealing with the formation of interest rates. The econometric techniques span different assumptions imposed on the models and each technique provides consistent estimates of the model parameters under the stated conditions. Further, simple analysis of daily and weekly TBill rates is performed to provide continuity with studies of futures market spot price effects in other commodities. The results of all the statistical tests suggest that Treasury Bill futures trading does not increase spot market volatility during relatively stable periods of capital market activity, but is associated with increased spot Treasury Bill market volatility during times when overall capital market conditions are volatile. These results indicate that Treasury Bill futures trading alone does not increase spot market volatility, contrary to the hypothesis that simply the existence of financial futures trading destabilizes the underlying spot market.