Managing & Disclosing Risks of Investing in Derrivatives (International Bar Association Series Set)

This is a practical handbook of key issues relating to investing in derivatives, both from the point of view of customers who purchase and use derivative products, and from the point of view of banks and other dealers.

Among the topics discussed by leading regulators and practitioners in major markets--the United States, the United Kingdom and France--are:

risks from using and not using derivatives

the disclosures that dealers should make to customers

whether derivatives are securities

what disclosures should be made by users to their shareholders

suits by users against dealers

what directors of users should know about derivatives

This handbook provides an excellent practical introduction to derivatives for company and securities lawyers, bankers and bank lawyers and corporate finance officers.