Buy into derivatives

Reid, Iain

Buy into derivatives - 2005 - Estates Gazette (0540) 8 October 2005, 59-65(7) .

Presents three articles on aspects of the developing property derivatives market: "The battle ahead: group launched" explains how far the industry has come in the creation of the new property investment vehicles and describes the setting up of the Property Derivatives Interest Group; "Game plan: start trading now" encourages investors to join in the just launched Property Derivatives Trading Forum, a simulation designed to build confidence in the nascent market, and "Bright future: the universe expands" sees property derivatives as a fantastically flexible way of managing business risk and views the property derivatives market as an adjunct to the underlying property market rather than replacing it. Provides an A-Z guide to derivatives.