Tag Archives: Equities

OTC Derivatives Products – An overview

The expression ‘over the counter – OTC’ can be used to mean financial instruments that are traded between counterparties (dealers) either directly or through broker network. This operation is different from operations in centralized exchanges...

Current Trends in Equity Derivatives Market Place

Equity Derivatives fall into following four categories Flow derivatives – vanilla, listed and OTC options, variance, futures and synthetic futures, convertibles Delta 1 – Single Stock, Sector Swaps, ETFs, Pnotes Exotics Convertibles An...

Security Lending Business

Concept of Security lending Security is an asset or third party commitment accepted by the security taker to secure an obligation of the security provider. In theory, cash is the perfect security. The assets traditionally used as security, such...

The Art and Science of Securing Securities Lending Business

Securities Lending is an OTC market business practice that involves borrowing and lending of securities mainly for the purpose of covering short-sale positions. Sometimes, it is also be used for derivative hedges and dividend arbitrage across...