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
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322929 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Contributors | Wong, Man Kit Andy., Yu, Miu Ki., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Business Administration. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, v, 54 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, United States |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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