Derivatives are financial contracts. Their value comes from an underlying asset. The asset can be a stock, index, commodity or currency. Traders do not buy the asset directly. They trade on expected ...

Derivative trading has become a major part of the stock market, with investors using it not only for profits but also for hedging risks. In India, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock ...

(Bloomberg) -- Investors in China are piling back into a risky category of derivatives known as snowballs, potentially frustrating financial regulators who tried to rein in the products last year when ...

Sebi said the current system, where client positions are measured using the futures equivalent metric while trading member limits are tracked on a notional basis, has created a mismatch.