by Low Fung Seong Jenny, Yau Yin. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.v / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- THE HONG KONG MONETARY SYSTEM --- p.3 / Linked Exchange Rate System --- p.3 / Monetary Base --- p.3 / Capital Inflow and Outflow --- p.4 / Interest Rate and the Link --- p.5 / The Interbank Market --- p.9 / Chapter III. --- INTRODUCTION TO HIBOR FUTURES --- p.11 / Background of the HIBOR Futures --- p.12 / Features of Three-Month HIBOR Futures Contract --- p.14 / Futures Quotations and Futures Prices --- p.16 / Delivery and Determination of Final Settlement Prices --- p.17 / Functions of HIBOR Futures Contract --- p.17 / Short Hedge --- p.18 / Long Hedge --- p.20 / Speculation --- p.22 / Chapter IV. --- TEST OF COST OF CARRY RELATIONSHIP FOR HIBOR FUTURES --- p.24 / Cost of carry Relationship --- p.24 / Forward and Futures Prices --- p.27 / Cash Prices versus Futures Prices --- p.27 / Testing the Cost of Carry on Three-month HIBOR Futures Contracts --- p.30 / Collection of Data --- p.30 / Methodology --- p.30 / Findings --- p.31 / Analysis of Findings --- p.35 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSION --- p.37 / ENDNOTES --- p.38 / APPENDICES --- p.40 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.53

by Hui Chi Hang and Wong Wai Ming. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-92). / ABSTRACT --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.v / Chapter Page / Chapter PART I : --- Interest Rate Swap --- p.1 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF SWAP --- p.2 / Chapter 2. --- INTRODUCTION TO INTEREST RATE SWAP --- p.6 / Chapter 3. --- ECONOMICS AND PRICING OF INTEREST RATE SWAP --- p.8 / "Exhibit I - Example 1,2 & 3" --- p.19 / Chapter 4. --- APPLICATION OF INTEREST RATE SWAP --- p.25 / Chapter PART II: --- Currency Swap --- p.27 / Chapter 5. --- INTRODUCTION TO CURRENCY SWAP --- p.28 / Chapter 6. --- ECONOMICS AND PRICING OF CURRENCY SWAP AND LTFX CONTRACTS --- p.30 / Exhibit II - Example 4 --- p.38 / Chapter Part III : --- Implication of Swap in Major Markets --- p.41 / Chapter 7. --- MAJOR SWAP MARKETS --- p.42 / Chapter 8. --- THE HONG KONG SWAP MARKET --- p.49 / Chapter Part IV : --- Risks and Control in Swaps --- p.53 / Chapter 9. --- COMMON RISKS AND CONTROL IN SWAPS --- p.54 / Appendix --- p.60 / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION TO OTHER MAJOR SWAPS --- p.61 / Chapter II. --- USER GUIDE FOR USING THE DISKETTE FOR PRICING OF SWAPS --- p.71 / Chapter III. --- QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INTERVIEWS --- p.79 / Chapter IV. --- BRIEF REPORT ON INTERVIEWS --- p.81 / Bibliography --- p.89 / Exhibit I - Example 1 --- p.93 / Exhibit I - Example 2 --- p.94 / Exhibit I - Example 3 --- p.95 / Exhibit II - Example 4 --- p.96 / "Diskette for SWAP. XLS for pricing of interest rate swap, and LTFX contracts" --- p.97

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published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

by Wong Man Kit, Andy, Yu Miu Ki. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-54). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Credit Risk --- p.2 / Operational risk --- p.3 / Liquidity risk --- p.3 / Legal risk --- p.3 / Market Risk --- p.3 / Model risk --- p.4 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Value at Risk (VaR) --- p.5 / Minimum Variance --- p.7 / Dollar equivalence --- p.8 / Statistical Hedging --- p.8 / Risk and Return in an Imperfect Hedge --- p.8 / Expected return and standard deviation in a hedged position --- p.9 / Risk and Return in an actual hedge --- p.11 / Optimal Hedge Ratio --- p.13 / Deriving Optimal Hedge Ratio h* --- p.15 / Computing the minimum risk hedge ratio by regression --- p.16 / Basis Risk --- p.18 / Sources of Basis Risk --- p.19 / Variation in the equilibrium price relationship between cash and futures --- p.19 / "Random ""noise"" in the price process" --- p.19 / Mismatch between cash position and the underlying for the future --- p.20 / Hedging Effectiveness --- p.21 / Chapter III. --- DATA AND METHODOLOGY --- p.25 / Data --- p.25 / Data Collection --- p.25 / Data Selection --- p.25 / Data Manipulation --- p.26 / Methodology --- p.27 / Part I: The Selection of the Portfolios --- p.27 / Part II: The Determination of the Hedge Ratio --- p.28 / Part III: Hedged vs. Unhedged --- p.29 / Part IV: Data Analysis & Comparison --- p.31 / Chapter IV. --- FINDINGS --- p.35 / High volatility of Hong Kong market --- p.35 / Manipulation of institutional investors --- p.36 / Hong Kong financial market are less mature --- p.36 / Less efficient information flow --- p.37 / Less Sophisticated Investors --- p.38 / Results and Discussion --- p.39 / Empirical Results --- p.40 / Explanation for the differences --- p.42 / Limitations --- p.47 / Learning Period --- p.47 / Cross Hedging --- p.47 / Mismatch between the futures and the underlying index --- p.48 / Missing Stock Data in the S&P500 --- p.49 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSION --- p.50 / Tradeoff between risk and return --- p.50 / Hedge Effectiveness --- p.51 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.53

by Ng Wai-Leung Anthony. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-87). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Importance of Stock Index and Index Futures --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Importance of Index Forecasting --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Reasons for the Lead-Lag Relationship between Stock and Futures Markets --- p.9 / Chapter 2.4 --- Importance of the lead-lag relationship --- p.10 / Chapter 2.5 --- Some Empirical Findings of the Lead-Lag Relationship --- p.10 / Chapter 2.6 --- New Approach to Financial Forecasting - Artificial Neural Network --- p.12 / Chapter 2.7 --- Artificial Neural Network Architecture --- p.14 / Chapter 2.8 --- Evidence on the Employment of ANN in Financial Analysis --- p.20 / Chapter 2.9 --- Hong Kong Securities and Futures Markets --- p.25 / Chapter III. --- GENERAL GUIDELINE IN DESIGNING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FORECASTING MODEL --- p.28 / Chapter 3.1 --- Procedure for using Artificial Neural Network --- p.29 / Chapter IV. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.37 / Chapter 4.1 --- ADF Test for Unit Root --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2 --- "Error Correction Model, Error Correction Model with Short- term Dynamics, and ANN Models for Comparisons" --- p.38 / Chapter 4.3 --- Comparison Criteria of Different Models --- p.39 / Chapter 4.4 --- Data Analysis --- p.39 / Chapter 4.5 --- Data Manipulations --- p.41 / Chapter V. --- RESULTS --- p.42 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Resulting Models --- p.42 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Prediction Power among the Models --- p.45 / Chapter 5.3 --- ANN Model of Input Variable Selection Using Contribution Factor --- p.46 / Chapter VI. --- CAUSALITY ANALYSIS --- p.54 / Chapter 6.1 --- Granger Casuality Analysis --- p.55 / Chapter 6.2 --- Results Interpretation --- p.56 / Chapter VII --- CONSISTENCE VALIDATION --- p.61 / Chapter VIII --- ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TRADING SYSTEM --- p.67 / Chapter 7.1 --- Trading System Architecture --- p.68 / Chapter 7.2 --- Simulation Runs using the Trading System --- p.77 / Chapter XI. --- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORKS --- p.79

Choy Siu Kai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-37). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1-2 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.3-9 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- An Overview of Hong Kong Security Market and Data Description --- p.10-18 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Methodology --- p.19-24 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Futures and Mini Futures Results --- p.25-28 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Index and Futures Contracts Results --- p.29-32 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.33-34 / References --- p.35-37 / Appendix --- p.38-40 / Tables --- p.41-52 / Graphs --- p.53-57