| Starts: | Tuesday November 17, 2009 at 11:00am |
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| Ends: | Tuesday November 17, 2009 at 12:00pm |
| Event Type: | Training/Seminar |
| Location: | This is a virtual event. |
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| Website: | https://headstrong.com/event/invite-cesp.html |
| Industry: | financial services |
| Keywords: | Equity Swaps, Derivatives, Otc Derivatives |
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| Organization: | Headstrong |
Equity Swaps offer depth to a market where institutional and retail players can get exposure to the underlying stock or security without taking ownership. The Bank for International Settlements reported in June 2009 that equity-linked OTC derivatives had a notional value of $6.6 trillion -- compared to a gross underlying value of $1.1 trillion in December 2008. Due to the nature of these derivatives, they are a lot more complex than their credit and interest rates counterparts