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Examples include forward contracts, futures contracts, FRAs and swaps.   
Examples include forward contracts, futures contracts, FRAs and swaps.   


Contrasted with insurance-type instruments, such as an options.
 
Contrasted with insurance-type instruments, such as options.




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[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Latest revision as of 14:50, 1 July 2022

Risk management

A derivative which hedges an exposure to a variable market rate or market price by effectively fixing a hedged market price or rate for it.

Examples include forward contracts, futures contracts, FRAs and swaps.


Contrasted with insurance-type instruments, such as options.


See also