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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788247103321

Autore

Lu Yinqiu

Titolo

Financial Instruments to Hedge Commodity Price Risk for Developing Countries / / Yinqiu Lu, Salih Neftci

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

1-4623-9718-2

1-4527-9450-2

1-4518-6868-5

9786612840395

1-282-84039-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

NeftciSalih

Soggetti

Prices - Developing countries

Commercial products - Economic aspects - Developing countries

Revenue - Developing countries

Options (Finance) - Developing countries

Banks and Banking

Investments: Commodities

Investments: Options

Macroeconomics

Money and Monetary Policy

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Financial Instruments

Institutional Investors

Commodity Markets

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Financing Policy

Financial Risk and Risk Management

Capital and Ownership Structure

Value of Firms

Goodwill

Finance

Monetary economics

Investment & securities

Financial services law & regulation

Options



Commodity prices

Credit default swap

Commodities

Hedging

Derivative securities

Prices

Credit

Commercial products

Financial risk management

Developing countries Economic policy

Developing countries Economic conditions

Chile

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2008."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Smooth fluctuations in Commodity Revenue Collections-Option Transactions; A. Plain Vanilla Options; Figures; 1. A Put Option Structure; B. Risk Reversals; Tables; 1. Prices of ATM Options; 2. Prices of 20 Percent OTM Options; 2. A Zero Premium Risk Reversal Structure; C. Barrier Option Structures; 3. Prices of the Up-and-Out Put Options: H=120; 3. A Knock-out Option; III. Smooth Borrowing Cost-A Structured Product; A. The Instrument; B. Intermediary; 4. The Structure of the New Instrument; C. Pricing; 5 The Involvement of Investment Bank as an Intermediary

Sommario/riassunto

Many developing economies are heavily exposed to commodity markets, leaving them vulnerable to the vagaries of international commodity prices. This paper examines the use of commodity options-including plain vanilla, risk reversal, and barrier options-to hedge such risk. It then proposes the use of a new structured product-a sovereign Eurobond with an embedded option on a specific commodity price. By extracting commodity price risk out of the bond, such an instrument insulates the bond default risk from commodity price movements, allowing it to be marketed at a lower credit spread. The product is also designed to help developing countries establish a credit derivatives market, which would in turn enhance the marketability and liquidity of sovereign bonds.