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Government Transfers - Deloitte

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Derivatives and Embedded Derivatives<br />

Derivatives<br />

•Characteristics:<br />

•Value changes with<br />

underlying variable<br />

•Requires little or no initial<br />

net investment<br />

•Settled at a future date<br />

•Examples:<br />

•Interest rate swaps<br />

•Forward contracts<br />

•Cross currency swaps<br />

•Written options<br />

•Purchased options<br />

Embedded<br />

Derivatives<br />

• Component within contract<br />

• Accounted for separately if:<br />

•Not closely related to host<br />

contract<br />

•Would meet the definition of<br />

a derivative<br />

•Host contract is not<br />

accounted for at fair value<br />

•Possible examples:<br />

•Contract denominated in<br />

foreign currency<br />

•Contract pricing linked to<br />

index

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