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The professional association for chartered accountants in Ireland.  
Exchange traded contracts used for either hedging or speculating in relation to outturn market rates on a prespecified date in the future.
 
Because futures contracts are exchange traded they involve standard amounts and standard expiry dates.
 
They also require a refundable up-front security payment (initial margin) and subsequent variation margin adjustments.
 


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[ACCA]]
* [[Basis]]
* [[Chartered Accountant]]
* [[Bond futures]]
* [[CIMA]]
* [[Close out]]
* [[CIPFA]]
* [[Currency futures]]
* [[ICAEW]]
* [[Futures contract]]
* [[IFAC]]
* [[Hedging]]
 
* [[Initial margin]]
[[Category:Regulation_and_Law]]
* [[Interest rate futures]]
[[Category:The_Treasury_Professional]]
* [[International Organization of Securities Commissions]]
* [[Margin]]
* [[Speculation]]
* [[STIR]]
* [[Swapnote]]
* [[Tick]]
* [[Variation margin]]

Revision as of 13:12, 27 August 2013

Exchange traded contracts used for either hedging or speculating in relation to outturn market rates on a prespecified date in the future.

Because futures contracts are exchange traded they involve standard amounts and standard expiry dates.

They also require a refundable up-front security payment (initial margin) and subsequent variation margin adjustments.


See also