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This Article attempts to define hedge funds and to distinguish them from a variety of similar investment funds. After reviewing the hedge fund definition in the U.S. and the EU, this Article argues that the current regulatory framework, which defines hedge funds by reference to what they are not...
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We explore the consequences from the two regulatory frameworks Dodd-Frank and EMIR for industrial corporates. We point out that - by falling under the clearing obligation - not only the corporate's option to decide freely on its positioning within the well-known “Risk Triangle” is...
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This paper studies corporate risk management in a context with financial constraints and imperfect competition on the … product market. We show that the interactions between firms heavily affect their hedging demand. As a general rule, the firms …’ hedging demand decreases with the correlation between firms’ internal funds and investment opportunities. We show that when …
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. Financial derivatives are commonly used to manage these risks. This paper examines how a company's financial features and … different forms of management compensation can affect the use of derivatives based on the 100 largest listed mining companies on … derivatives while the CEO compensation in terms of option and stock holdings does not have any significant impact on this decision …
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stage I subsume various models for optimal hedging under one general co-integrated model. In a worked example three models …
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Gone are the days when inflation fears had receded under years of 'Great Moderation' in macroeconomics. The US subprime financial crisis, the ensuing 'Great Recession' and the sovereign debt scares that spread throughout much of the industrialized world brought about a new order characterized by...
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security or index from which they ultimately derive their value. Pricing and hedging relationships of futures contracts, option … characteristics and strategies, and option pricing and hedging relationships are also addressed. To further assist the reader, the …
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degree of derivatives usage and risk. Second, firms practice selective hedging to maintain the upside potential of firm value … derivatives to increase firm value, second, the evidence of selective hedging from the non-linear relationship between derivatives …Purpose This study examines the impact of hedging on firm value of Sharīʿah compliant firms (SCFs) in a non …
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