Expansion of Currency Futures Trading

By Umakanth Varottil
January 20, 2010
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Currently, only US Dollar-Indian Rupee (INR) currency futures contracts can be traded on Indian stock exchanges. It has been decided to expand the market by introducing trading on currency futures in 3 other currencies: Euro-INR, Japanese Yen (JPY)-INR and Pound Sterling (GBP)-INR. Both SEBI as well as RBI have issued notifications to that effect.

OTC Derivatives: On the OTC side, there have been developments of a different nature, as reported here.

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Umakanth Varottil

Umakanth Varottil is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. He specializes in corporate law and governance, mergers and acquisitions and cross-border investments. Prior to his foray into academia, Umakanth was a partner at a pre-eminent law firm in India.

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