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What is the ISDA Master Agreement?
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) is a professional association that was incorporated in 1985 for the trading ...
How are Futures Physically Settled in India?
How are Futures Physically Settled in India?
Derivatives contracts are either cash-based or physically distributed on the expiry date ...
What is CVA & XCVA?
What is CVA?
Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) is the price that an investor would pay to hedge the counterparty credit risk of a deri...
How does SPAN Margin System work?
How does SPAN Margin System work?
Option/Futures margin, very simply, is the money that a trader must deposit into his or her trading ...
What Are STRIPS?
Introduction to STRIPS:
STRIPS (Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities) are debt securities that are cr...
Functioning of Credit Default Swaps
Functioning of Credit Default Swaps:
A credit default swap (CDS) is a credit derivatives instrument that provides insurance to the b...