Derivative financial instruments
0251-en RE430 Financial Market Law As of 11.07.2026
Financial instruments whose price is derived from underlying assets such as bonds, stocks, precious metals, reference rates such as exchange rates, interest rates or indices, or credit events. A change in the price of the underlying can trigger a greater change in the value of the derivative in the same or the opposite direction.
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Derivative Finanzinstrumente 0251-de
Finanzinstrumente, deren Preis von Vermögenswerten (Basiswerte) wie Obligationen, Aktien, Edelmetalle, von Referenzsätzen wie Währungen, Zinsen, Indizes oder von Kreditereignissen abgeleitet wird. Eine Preisveränderung beim Basiswert kann beim Derivat eine stärkere Veränderung in gleicher oder entgegengesetzter Richtung auslösen.
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