Financial Derivatives

Section I: 
Financial Derivatives—The Background
1. Financial Derivatives: An Introduction
2. Futures Market and Contracting
3. Forward Market: Pricing and Trading Mechanism
4. Futures Pricing: Theories and Characteristics
Section II: 
Financial Derivatives—Indian Scenario
5. Financial Derivatives Markets in India
6. Regulation of Financial Derivatives in India
Section III: 
Specific Financial Futures and Forwards
7. Hedging Strategy Using Futures
8. Stock Index Futures
9. Forward Rate Agreements
10. Short-term Interest Rate Futures
11. Long-term Interest Rate Futures
12. Foreign Currency Futures
13. Foreign Currency Forwards
Section IV: Financial Swaps
14. Swaps Markets
15. Pricing and Hedging of
Swaps
Section V: Options Derivatives
16. The Options—The Basics
17. Option Pricing Models
18. Trading with Options
19. Hedging with Options
20. Currency Options
Section VI: 
Other Derivatives
21. Advanced Financial
Derivatives
22. Credit Derivatives
23. Real Options
24. Commodity Derivatives Market
Section VII: 
Financial Derivatives—Miscellaneous Issues
25. Accounting and Taxation of Derivatives
26. Risk Management in
Derivatives
Answers to Unsolved Problems
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index