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A derivative instrument or contract is one whose value and other characteristics are derived from those of another asset or instrument (sometimes known as the Underlying Asset).
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Derivative instruments are widely used by non-financial corporates for hedging purposes.
Financial risk in the Capital asset pricing model means the component of total risk resulting from a firm’s capital structure.  


The more net debt in the capital structure, the greater the financial risk.


<span style="color:#4B0082">'''Example'''</span>


A share option is a type of derivative contract, allowing the holder to buy shares at a certain predetermined strike price.  
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The value of the share option derives from the current price of the related underlying share relative to the option strike price.
The term is also used more generally to mean the wider risk of uncertain financial outcomes. 
 
For example the risks arising from not knowing the home currency value of a foreign currency receipt in the future, or the uncertainty regarding the size of future interest payments on floating rate borrowings.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[CertFMM]]
* [[Asset beta]]
* [[Commodity risk]]
* [[Business risk]]
* [[CP]]
* [[Capital asset pricing model]]
* [[Credit support annex]]
* [[Equity risk]]
* [[Embedded derivative]]
* [[Financial price risk]]
* [[ETD]]
* [[Ungeared beta]]
* [[FC]]
* [[Fixing instrument]]
* [[Hedge fund]]
* [[Hedging]]
* [[IR]]
* [[ISDA Master Agreement]]
* [[Maturity]]
* [[Notional principal]]
* [[Option]]
* [[Outright]]
* [[Strike price]]
* [[Tracker fund]]
* [[Transfer]]
* [[Underlying]]
* [[Underlying asset]]
* [[Underlying price]]
* [[XVA]]
 


===Other links===
*[http://www.treasurers.org/node/8599  Masterclass: Derivatives, The Treasurer, December 2012]


*[http://www.treasurers.org/node/7849 Use and Misuse of Derivatives, Will Spinney, ACT 2012]
==Other links==
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/8443  Masterclass: Measuring financial risk, Will Spinney, The Treasurer]


[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Business_and_Operational_Risk]]

Revision as of 14:04, 18 April 2014

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Financial risk in the Capital asset pricing model means the component of total risk resulting from a firm’s capital structure.

The more net debt in the capital structure, the greater the financial risk.


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The term is also used more generally to mean the wider risk of uncertain financial outcomes.

For example the risks arising from not knowing the home currency value of a foreign currency receipt in the future, or the uncertainty regarding the size of future interest payments on floating rate borrowings.


See also


Other links

Masterclass: Measuring financial risk, Will Spinney, The Treasurer