Volatility and uncertainty are present every day in the financial markets. Investors, businessmen, fund managers corporate treasurers and individuals must therefore consider differen alternatives to efficiently control and manage the risks they face optimizing the return on their portfolios.
Because of its proven benefits, risk managemen has become an increasingly active field in recent times. One too that can be used to manage financial risks is what are known a exchange-listed futures and options. When combined with the cas market or even over-the-counter (OTC) markets, these offer grea versatility.
For institutional investors, this type o instruments offer key leverage, allowing them to efficiently manag their capital needs and to eliminate some of the problems involve in credit lines.
One particularly important feature of th Mexican Derivatives Market is the financial backing it has fro Asigna, Compensación y Liquidación (its clearinghouse) which acts as a counterpart for all transactions performed on th Mexican Derivatives Exchange (MexDer), and has been assigne three triple-A ratings from Fitch Ratings, Moody´s and Standar & Poor´s.
