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The Asian flu appears to have been cured. Foreign investment is rising again and Japanese equity derivatives are now in demand. With the growth in electronic trading and the deregulation of derivatives markets, the restrictions to global trading are being eroded and dealers predict that interest in global equity derivatives will continue to build.
Although derivative instruments on Japanese stock indexes first became popular in the 1980s the market has developed in a peculiar way, contrasting sharply with the general evolution of equity derivatives in the West. The Japanese financial 'big bang' has fostered a spectacular surge in transactions and a dramatic increase in the number of local participants, competing with all leading European and US investment banks.
Aimed at both Japanese and Western readers familiar with the basic concepts of financial derivatives, Japanese Equity Derivatives analyzes the Japanese equity derivatives market successively from the point of view of end-users and professional players. It highlights the stark differences between Eastern and Western markets and reviews the key aspects of Japanese equity derivatives, including risk management and deregulation.