Shylaja.

B C16MB5260019

GITAM
UNIVERSITY
(Estd. u/s 3 of the UGC Act, 1956)

Centre for Distance Learning

Note: The candidates have to clear tuition fee dues, if any, to the CDL. Otherwise, their
Project proposal will not be processed.

MBA PROGRAMME: SYNOPSIS

I. Student Details

Name SHYLAJA.B

University Roll Number C16MB5260019

Name of program MBA

Specialization FINANCE

II. Project Synopsis Details

TITLE - “A STUDY ON INVESTER’S PERCEPTION TOWARDS

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES”

1. PROBLEM STATEMENT:-

The emergence of the market for derivative products, most notably forwards,

futures and options, can be traced back to the willingness of risk-averse economic

agents to guard themselves against uncertainties arising out of fluctuations in asset

prices. By their very nature, the financial markets are marked by a very high

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degree of volatility. Through the use of derivative products, it is possible to

partially or fully transfer price risks by locking-in asset prices. As instruments of

risk management, these generally do not influence the fluctuations in the

underlying asset prices. However, by locking-in asset prices, derivative products

minimize the impact of fluctuations in asset prices on the profitability and cash

flow situation of risk-averse investors.

Derivative products initially emerged, as hedging devices against fluctuations in

commodity prices and commodity-linked derivatives remained the sole form of

such products for almost three hundred years. The financial derivatives came into

spotlight in post-1970 period due to growing instability in the financial markets.

However, since their emergence, these products have become very popular and by

1990s, they accounted for about two-thirds of total transactions in derivative

products. In recent years, the market for financial derivatives has grown

tremendously both in terms of variety of instruments available, their complexity

and also turnover. In the class of equity derivatives, futures and options on stock

indices have gained more popularity than on individual stocks, especially among

institutional investors, who are major users of index-linked derivatives.

Even small investors find these useful due to high correlation of the popular

indices with various portfolios and ease of use. The lower costs associated with

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index derivatives vis-vis derivative products based on individual securities is

another reason for their growing use.

1.1. Back Ground: -

The emergence of the market for derivative products, most notably forwards,

futures and options, can be traced back to the willingness of risk-averse economic

agents to guard themselves against uncertainties arising out of fluctuations in asset

prices. By their very nature, the financial markets are marked by a very high

degree of volatility. Through the use of derivative products, it is possible to

partially or fully transfer price risks by locking-in asset prices. As instruments of

risk management, these generally do not influence the fluctuations in the

underlying asset prices. However, by locking-in asset prices, derivative products

minimize the impact of fluctuations in asset prices on the profitability and cash

flow situation of risk-averse investors.

Derivative products initially emerged, as hedging devices against

fluctuations in commodity prices and commodity-linked derivatives remained the

sole form of such products for almost three hundred years. The financial

derivatives came into spotlight in post-1970 period due to growing instability in

the financial markets. However, since their emergence, these products have

become very popular and by 1990s, they accounted for about two-thirds of total

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transactions in derivative products. In recent years, the market for financial

derivatives has grown tremendously both in terms of variety of instruments

available, their complexity and also turnover. In the class of equity derivatives,

futures and options on stock indices have gained more popularity than on

individual stocks, especially among institutional investors, who are major users of

index-linked derivatives.

Even small investors find these useful due to high correlation of the popular

indices with various portfolios and ease of use. The lower costs associated with

index derivatives vis-vis derivative products based on individual securities is

another reason for their growing use.

The following factors have been driving the growth of financial derivatives:

1. Increased volatility in asset prices in financial markets,

2. Increased integration of national financial markets with the international

markets,

3. Marked improvement in communication facilities and sharp decline in their

costs,

4. Development of more sophisticated risk management tools, providing

economic agents a wider choice of risk management strategies, and

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5. Innovations in the derivatives markets, which optimally combine the risks

and returns over a large number of financial assets, leading to higher returns,

reduced risk as well as trans-actions costs as compared to individual

financial assets.

1.2. Motivation/Need of Study:-

Different investment avenues are available for investors. Stock market also offers

good investment opportunities to the investor alike all investments, they also carry

certain risks. The investor should compare the risk and expected yields after

adjustment off tax on various instruments while talking investment decision the

investor may seek advice from consultancy include stock brokers and analysts

while making investment decisions. The objective here is to make the investor

aware of the functioning of the derivatives.

Derivatives act as a risk hedging tool for the investors. The objective is to help the

investor in selecting the appropriate derivates instrument to attain maximum risk

and to construct the portfolio in such a manner to meet the investor should decide

how best to reach the goals from the securities available.

To identity investor objective constraints and performance, which help formulate

the investment policy.

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To develop and improve strategies in the investment policy formulated. This will

help the selection of asset classes and securities in each class depending up on their

risk return attributes.

1.3. Objectives:-

The study includes different strategies of derivatives used in present scenario.

1. To compare the risk involved in derivative instruments for customer.

2. To examine the different strategy which are used by the investors for the

purpose of risk hedging in their portfolio.

1.4. Research Hypothesis:-

1. Diversification in portfolio will reduce the risk.

1.5 Scope of Study:-

The scope of study is limited to “Derivatives” with special reference to futures,

options, swaps and forwards in the Indian context; the study is not based on the

international perspective of derivative markets.

The study is limited to the analysis made for types of instruments of derivates each

strategy is analyzed according to its risk and return characteristics and derivatives

performance against the profit and policies of the company.

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2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:-

Concept of Derivatives

The term ‘derivatives, refers to a broad class of financial instruments which mainly

include options and futures. These instruments derive their value from the price

and other related variables of the underlying asset. They do not have worth of their

own and derive their value from the claim they give to their owners to own some

other financial assets or security. A simple example of derivative is butter, which is

derivative of milk. The price of butter depends upon price of milk, which in turn

depends upon the demand and supply of milk. The general definition of derivatives

means to derive something from something else. Some other meanings of word

derivatives are:

 Derived function: the result of mathematical differentiation; the

instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx,

 Derivative instrument: a financial instrument whose value is based on

another security, (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word;

"`electricity' is a derivative of ‘electric’.

The asset underlying a derivative may be commodity or a financial asset.

Derivatives are those financial instruments that derive their value from the other

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assets. For example, the price of gold to be delivered after two months will depend,

among so many things, on the present and expected price of this commodity.

Definition of Financial Derivatives

Section 2(ac) of Securities Contract Regulation Act (SCRA) 1956 defines

Derivative as:

a) “a security derived from a debt instrument, share, loan whether secured or

unsecured, risk instrument or contract for differences or any other form of security;

b) “a contract which derives its value from the prices, or index of prices, of

underlying securities”.

Underlying Asset in a Derivatives Contract

As defined above, the value of a derivative instrument depends upon the

underlying asset. The underlying asset may assume many forms:

i. Commodities including grain, coffee beans, orange juice;

ii. Precious metals like gold and silver;

iii. Foreign exchange rates or currencies;

iv. Bonds of different types, including medium to long term negotiable debt

securities issued by governments, companies, etc.

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v. Shares and share warrants of companies traded on recognized stock exchanges

and Stock Index

vi. Short term securities such as T-bills; and

vii. Over- the Counter (OTC) 2 money market products such as loans or deposits.

Participants in Derivatives Market

1. Hedgers: They use derivatives markets to reduce or eliminate the risk associated

with price of an asset. Majority of the participants in derivatives market belongs to

this category.

2. Speculators: They transact futures and options contracts to get extra leverage in

betting on future movements in the price of an asset. They can increase both the

potential gains and potential losses by usage of derivatives in a speculative venture.

3. Arbitrageurs: Their behavior is guided by the desire to take advantage of a

discrepancy between prices of more or less the same assets or competing assets in

different markets. If, for example, they see the futures price of an asset getting out

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of line with the cash price, they will take offsetting positions in the two markets to

lock in a profit.

Applications of Financial Derivatives

Some of the applications of financial derivatives can be enumerated as follows:

1. Management of risk: This is most important function of derivatives. Risk

management is not about the elimination of risk rather it is about the management

of risk. Financial derivatives provide a powerful tool for limiting risks that

individuals and organizations face in the ordinary conduct of their businesses. It

requires a thorough understanding of the basic principles that regulate the pricing

of financial derivatives. Effective use of derivatives can save cost, and it can

increase returns for the organizations.

2. Efficiency in trading: Financial derivatives allow for free trading of risk

components and that leads to improving market efficiency. Traders can use a

position in one or more financial derivatives as a substitute for a position in the

underlying instruments. In many instances, traders find financial derivatives to be a

more attractive instrument than the underlying security. This is mainly because of

the greater amount of liquidity in the market offered by derivatives as well a the

lower transaction costs associated with trading a financial derivative as compared

to the costs of trading the underlying instrument in cash market.

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3. Speculation: This is not the only use, and probably not the most important use,

of financial derivatives. Financial derivatives are considered to be risky. If not used

properly, these can leads

to financial destruction in an organization like what happened in Barings Plc.

However, these instruments act as a powerful instrument for knowledgeable traders

to expose themselves to calculated and well understood risks in search of a reward,

that is, profit.

4. Price discover: Another important application of derivatives is the price

discovery which means revealing information about future cash market prices

through the futures market. Derivatives markets provide a mechanism by which

diverse and scattered opinions of future are collected into one readily discernible

number which provides a consensus of knowledgeable thinking.

5. Price stabilization function: Derivative market helps to keep a stabilizing

influence on spot prices by reducing the short-term fluctuations. In other words,

derivative reduces both peak and depths and leads to price stabilization effect in

the cash market for underlying asset.

Classification of Derivatives

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Broadly derivatives can be classified in to two categories as shown in Fig.1:

Commodity derivative and financial derivatives. In case of commodity derivatives,

underlying asset can be commodities like wheat, gold, silver etc., whereas in case

of financial derivatives underlying assets are stocks, currencies, bonds and other

interest rates bearing securities etc. Since, the scope of this case study is limited to

only financial derivatives so we will confine our discussion to financial derivatives

only.

Forward Contract: - A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to

buy or sell an asset at a specified point of time in the future. In case of a forward

contract the price which is paid/ received by the parties is decided at the time of

entering into contract. It is the simplest form of derivative contract mostly entered

by individuals in day to day’s life.

Forward contract is a cash market transaction in which delivery of the instrument is

deferred until the contract has been made. Although the delivery is made in the

future, the price is determined on the initial trade date. One of the parties to a

forward contract assumes a long position (buyer) and agrees to buy the underlying

asset at a certain future date for a certain price. The other party to the contract

known as seller assumes a short position and agrees to sell the asset on the same

date for the same price. The specified price is referred to as the delivery price. The

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contract terms like delivery price and quantity are mutually agreed upon by the

parties to the contract. No margins are generally payable by any of the parties to

the other. Forwards contracts are traded over-the- counter and are not dealt with on

an exchange unlike futures contract. Lack of liquidity and counter party default

risks are the main drawbacks of a forward contract. For instance, consider a US

based company buying textile from an exporter from England worth £ 1 million

payment due in 90 days. The Importer is short of Pounds- it owes pounds for future

delivery. Suppose the spot (cash market) price of pound is US $ 1.71 and importer

fears that in next 90 days, pounds might rise against the dollar, thereby raising the

dollar cost of the textiles. The importer can guard against this risk by immediately

negotiating a 90 days forward contract with City Bank at a forward rate of say, £

1= $1.72. According to the forward contract, in 90 days the City Bank will give the

US Importer £ I million (which it will use to pay for textile order), and importer

will give the bank $ 1.72 million (1million ×$1.72) which is the dollar cost of £ I

million at the forward rate of $ 1.72.

Futures Contract: - Futures is a standardized forward contact to buy (long) or sell

(short) the underlying asset at a specified price at a specified future date through a

specified exchange. Futures contracts are traded on exchanges that work as a buyer

or seller for the counterparty. Exchange sets the standardized terms in term of

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Quality, quantity, Price quotation, Date and Delivery place (in case of

commodity).The features of a futures contract may be specified as follows:

i These are traded on an organized exchange like IMM, LIFFE, NSE, BSE, CBOT

etc.

ii These involve standardized contract terms viz. the underlying asset, the time of

maturity and the manner of maturity etc.

iii These are associated with a clearing house to ensure smooth functioning of the

market.

iv There are margin requirements and daily settlement to act as further safeguard.

v These provide for supervision and monitoring of contract by a regulatory

authority.

vi Almost ninety percent future contracts are settled via cash settlement instead of

actual delivery of underlying asset.

Futures contracts being traded on organized exchanges impart liquidity to the

transaction. The clearinghouse, being the counter party to both sides of a

transaction, provides a mechanism that guarantees the honoring of the contract and

ensuring very low level of default (Hirani, 2007). Following are the important

types of financial futures contract:-

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i Stock Future or equity futures,

ii Stock Index futures,

iii Currency futures, and

iv Interest Rate bearing securities like Bonds, T- Bill Futures.

To give an example of a futures contract, suppose on November 2007 Ramesh

holds 1000 shares of ABC Ltd. Current (spot) price of ABC Ltd shares is Rs 115 at

National Stock Exchange (NSE). Ramesh entertains the fear that the share price of

ABC Ltd may fall in next two months resulting in a substantial loss to him.

Ramesh decides to enter into futures market to protect his position at Rs 115 per

share for delivery in January 2008. Each contract in futures market is of 100

Shares. This is an example of equity future in which Ramesh takes short position

on ABC Ltd. Shares by selling 1000 shares at Rs 115 and locks into future price.

Options Contract:- In case of futures contact, both parties are under obligation to

perform their respective obligations out of a contract. But an options contract, as

the name suggests, is in some sense, an optional contract. An option is the right,

but not the obligation, to buy or sell something at a stated date at a stated price. A

“call option” gives one the right to buy; a “put option” gives one the right to sell.

Options are the standardized financial contract that allows the buyer (holder) of the

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option, i.e. the right at the cost of option premium, not the obligation, to buy (call

options) or sell (put options) a specified asset at a set price on or before a specified

date through exchanges. Options contracts are of two types: call options and put

options. Apart from this, options can also be classified as OTC (Over the Counter)

options and exchange traded options. In case of exchange traded options contract,

contracts are standardized and traded on recognized exchanges, whereas OTC

options are customized contracts traded privately between the parties. A call

options gives the holder (buyer/one who is long call), the right to buy specified

quantity of the underlying asset at the strike price on or before expiration date. The

seller (one who is short call) however, has the obligation to sell the underlying

asset if the buyer of the call option decides to exercise his option to buy. Suppose

an investor buys One European call options on Infosys at the strike price of Rs.

3500 at a premium of Rs. 100. Apparently, if the market price of Infosys on the

day of expiry is more than Rs. 3500, the options will be exercised. In contrast, a

put options gives the holder (buyer/ one who is long put), the right to sell specified

quantity of the underlying asset at the strike price on or before an expiry date. The

seller of the put options (one who is short put) however, has the obligation to buy

the underlying asset at the strike price if the buyer decides to exercise his option to

sell. Right to sell is called a Put Options. Suppose X has 100 shares of Bajaj Auto

Limited. Current price (March) of Bajaj auto shares is Rs 700 per share. X needs

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money to finance its requirements after two months which he will realize after

selling 100 shares after two months. But he is of the fear that by next two months

price of share will decline. He decides to enter into option market by buying Put

Option (Right to Sell) with an expiration date in May at a strike price of Rs 685 per

share and a premium of Rs 15 per shares.

Swaps Contract:- A swap can be defined as a barter or exchange. It is a contract

whereby parties agree to exchange obligations that each of them have under their

respective underlying contracts or we can say, a swap is an agreement between two

or more parties to exchange stream of cash flows over a period of time in the

future. The parties that agree to the swap are known as counter parties.

The two commonly used swaps are:

i) Interest rate swaps which entail swapping only the interest related cash flows

between the parties in the same currency, and

ii) Currency swaps: These entail swapping both principal and interest between the

parties, with the cash flows in one direction being in a different currency than the

cash flows in the opposite direction.

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2.1. Sources of Data:

 Primary Sources: Data related to the Investors will collected through

primary sources.

 Secondary Sources: Concepts related to Derivatives and their usage will

collected through secondary sources.

2.2. Research Design:-

 Descriptive research design will be used as in this research the perception

investors in regard to derivatives will be studied.

 Methods of Data collection:-

 Interviews.

 Questionnaires.

2.3. Sampling:-

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Universe

Sampling
Population
Technique

Sampling
plan
Sample Sampling
Size unit

Sampling
frame

 Universe- All the people who are dealing in derivatives and were interested

to deal in derivatives.

 Population-

 All the people dealing in derivatives or interested in dealing, in

Dehradun.

 Sampling Unit – Every single person who is dealing in derivatives in

nearby places.

 Sampling Frame - It represents the elements of the target population.

Dehradun City is the sampling frame for this project.

 Sample size- Sample size 25 (25 investors).

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 Sampling Technique - Non Probability technique i.e. convenience

sampling.

 PERIOD OF STUDY -The post-Reforms period of Five years from 2016-

2017 to 2012-2013 was taken to analyze and evaluate the performance of the
Financial Derivaties in India.

2.4. Data Analysis:-

To Study Investor’s Perception towards Derivatives, tools we will be using are:-

 Bar diagrams.

 Pie charts.

 Tables showing the responses of the investors.

2.5. Review of literature:- Before derivatives markets were truly developed, the

means for dealing with financial risks were few and financial risks were largely

outside managerial control. Few exchange- traded derivatives did exist, but they

allowed corporate users to hedge only against certain financial risks, in limited

ways and over short time horizons. Companies were often forced to resort to

operational alternatives like establishing plants abroad, in order to minimize

exchange-rate risks, or to the natural hedging by trying to match currency

structures of their assets and liabilities (Santomero, 1995). Allen and Santomero

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(1998) wrote that, during the 1980s and 1990s, commercial and investment banks

introduced a broad selection of new products designed to help corporate managers

in handling financial risks. At the same time, the derivatives exchanges, which

successfully introduced interest rate and currency derivatives in the 1970s, have

become vigorous innovators, continually adding new products, refining the

existing ones, and finding new ways to increase their liquidity. Since than, markets

for derivative instruments such as forwards and futures, swaps and options, and

innovative combinations of these basic financial instruments, have been

developing and growing at a breathtaking pace. The range and quality of both

exchangetraded and OTC derivatives, together with the depth of the market for

such instruments, have expanded intensively. Consequently, the corporate use of

derivatives in hedging interest rate, currency, and commodity price risks is

widespread and growing. It could be said that the derivatives revolution has begun.

The emergence of the modern and innovative derivative markets allows

corporations to insulate themselves from financial risks, or to modify them (Hu,

1995; 1996). Therefore, under these new conditions, shareholders and stakeholders

increasingly expect company’s management to be able to identify and manage

exposures to financial risks. It was long believed that corporate risk management

was irrelevant to the value of the firm and the arguments in favour of the

irrelevance were based on the Capital Asset Pricing Model (Sharpe, 1964; Lintner,

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1965; Mossin, 1966) and the Modigliani-Miller theorem (Modigliani and Miller,

1958). One of the most important implications of CAPM is that diversified

shareholders should care only about the systematic component of total risk. On the

surface this may imply that managers of firms who are acting in the best interests

of shareholders should be indifferent about the hedging of risks that are non-

systematic.

Miller and Modigliani’s proposition supports the CAPM findings. The conditions

underlying MM propositions also imply that decisions to hedge corporate

exposures to interest rate, exchange rate and commodity price risks are completely

irrelevant because stockholders already protect themselves against such risks by

holding well-diversified portfolios. However, it is apparent that managers are

constantly engaged in hedging activities that are directed towards reduction of non-

systematic risk. As an explanation for this clash between theory and practice,

imperfections in the capital market are used to argue for the relevance of corporate

risk management function. Studies that test the relevance of derivatives as risk

management instruments generally support the expected relationships between the

risks and firm’s characteristics. Stulz (1984), Smith and Stulz (1985) and Froot,

Scharfstein and Stein (1993) constructed the models of financial risk management.

These models predicted that firms attempted to reduce the risks arising from large

costs of potential bankruptcy, or had funding needs for future investment projects

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in the face of strongly asymmetric information. In many instances, such risk

reduction can be achieved by the use of derivative instruments. Campbell and

Kracaw (1987), Bessembinder (1991), Nance, Smith and Smithson (1993), Dolde

(1995), Mian (1996), as well as Getzy, Minton and Schrand (1997) and Haushalter

(2000) found empirical evidence that firms with highly leveraged capital structures

are more inclined to hedging by using derivatives. The probability of a firm to

encounter financial distress is directly related to the size of the firm’s fixed claims

relative to the value of its assets. Hence, hedging will be more valuable the more

indebted the firm, because financial distress can lead to bankruptcy and

restructuring or liquidation – situations in which the firm faces direct costs of

financial distress. By reducing the variance of a firm’s cash flows or accounting

profits, hedging decreases the likelihood, and thus the expected costs, of financial

distress (see: Mayers and Smith, 1982; Myers, 1984; Stulz, 1984; Smith and Stulz,

1985; Shapiro and Titman, 1998). The argument of reducing theexpected costs of

financial distress implies that the benefits of risk management should be greater the

larger the fraction of fixed claims in the firm’s capital structure. The results of the

empirical studies suggest that the use of derivatives and risk management practices

are broadly consistent with the predictions from the theoretical literature, which is

based upon value-maximising behaviour. By hedging financial risks such as

currency, interest rate and commodity risk, firms can decrease cash flow volatility.

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By reducing the cash flow volatility, firms can decrease the expected financial

distress and agency costs, thereby enhancing the present value of expected future

cash flows. In addition, reducing cash flow volatility can improve the probability

of having sufficient internal funds for planned investments, (e.g. see: Stulz, 1984;

Smith and Stulz, 1985; Froot, Scharfstein and Stein, 1993; 1994) eliminating the

need to either cut profitable projects or bear the transaction costs of external

funding. The main hypothesis is that, if access to external financing (debt and/or

equity) is costly, firms with investment projects requiring funding will hedge their

cash flows to avoid a shortfall in own funds, which could precipitate a costly visit

to the capital markets. An interesting empirical insight based on this rationale is

that firms with substantial investment opportunities that are faced with high costs

of raising funds under financial distress will be more motivated to hedge against

risk exposure than average firms. This rationale has been explored by numerous

scholars, among others by Hoshi, Kashyap and Scharfstein (1991), Bessembinder

(1991), Dobson and Soenen (1993), Froot, Scharfstein and Stein (1993), Getzy,

Minton and Schrand (1997), Gay and Nam (1998), Minton and Schrand (1999),

Haushalter (2000), Mello and Parsons (2000), Allayannis and Ofek (2001) and

Haushalter, Randall and Lie (2002). The results of the studies mentioned above

confirm that companies using derivative instruments to manage financial risks are

more likely to have larger investment opportunities.

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The results of empirical studies have also proven that the benefits of risk

management programs depend on the company size. Nance, Smith and Smithson

(1993), Dolde (1995), Mian (1996), Getzy, Minton and Schrand (1997) and

Hushalter (2000) argue that larger firms are more likely to hedge and use

derivatives. One of the key factors in the corporate risk management rationale

pertains to the costs of engaging in risk-management activities. The hedging costs

include the direct transaction costs and the agency costs of ensuring that managers

transact appropriately.3 the assumption underlying this rationale is that there are

substantial economies of scale or economically significant costs related to

derivatives use. Indeed, for many firms (particularly smaller ones), the marginal

benefits of hedging programs may be exceeded by marginal costs. This fact

suggests that there may be sizable set-up costs related to operating a corporate risk-

management program. Thus, numerous firms may not hedge at all, even though

they are exposed to financial risks, simply because it is not an economically

worthwhile activity. On the basis of empirical results, it can be argued that only

large firms with sufficiently large risk exposures are likely to benefit from formal

hedging programs.

2.6. Expected findings:-

 What are the main factors that led to growth of derivatives?

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 Derivatives carry high risk factor and amongst that commodity derivatives

are the most risky to trade.

 How many people use derivative as Hedging tool.

 Profit is the main reason for motivating the people to invest in derivatives.

 Do people prefer to invest their money through derivatives if they are

provided with knowledge.

2.7. Limitations:-

Limitations are the limiting lines that restrict the work in some way or other. In this

research study also there will be some limiting factors, some of them are as under:

1. Data Collection: The most important constraint in this study will going to be

data collection as both Primary and Secondary data was selected for study.

Secondary data means data that are already available i.e. they refer to the data

which have already been collected and analysed by someone else.

2. Time Period: Time period will one of the main factor as only one month is

allotted and the topic covered in research has a wide scope. So, it was not possible

to cover it in a short span of time.

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3. Reliability: The data collected in research work will be secondary data, so, this

puts a question mark on the reliability of this data.

4. Accuracy: The facts and findings of the data cannot be accepted as accurate to

some extent as firstly, secondary data will be collected. Secondly, for doing

descriptive research time needed to be more, because in short period you cannot

cover each point accurately.

2.8. References:-

 The Derivatives as Financial Risk Management Instruments: The Case of

Croatian and Slovenian Non-financial Companies Financial Theory and

Practice 31 (4) 395-420 (2007)

 Modigliani, M. and Miler, M., 1958. “The Cost of Capital, Corporate

Finance and Theory of Investment.” The American Economic Review, 48

(3), 261-297.

 ‘Indian Securities Market, A Review’ (ISMR)-2008 available at:

http://www.nseindia.com.

 Growth of Derivatives Market In India, available at:

http://www.valuenotes.com/njain/nj_derivatives_15sep03.asp?ArtCd=33178

&Cat=T&Id=10.

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 Gambhir, Neeraj and Manoj Goel, 2003, Foreign Exchange Derivatives

Market in India---Status and Prospects, Susan Thomas (ed.), Derivatives

Markets in India, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New

Delhi, India.

Websites

 www.derivativesindia.com

 www.nse-india.com

 www.sebi.gov.in

 www.rediff/money/derivatives.htm

 www.iinvestor.com

 www.appliederivatives.com

 www.economictimes.com

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