Derivatives Usage In Risk Management By Turkish Non-financial Firms And Banks: A Comparative Study

Autor: Yakup Selvi, Aslı Türel
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica. 2:663-671
ISSN: 2344-4975
1454-9409
DOI: 10.29302/oeconomica.2010.12.2.19
Popis: The purpose of this study to compare the previous research about how the non- financial companies listed in the Istanbul Stock Ex change (ISE) and deposit banks in Turkey have disclosed information regarding the usage of deriva tives, and the accounting treatment of these derivatives. The results of these studies indicate that banks and the non-financial companies listed in the ISE-100 Indices, which represent 86 % of the market capitalization, use derivatives mainly for hedging purposes. However, the evidence that th ey usually prefer reporting their gains/losses arising from these transactions as "held for tradin g" instead of applying "hedge accounting", since they could not meet the compulsory criterions described in the IAS 39.
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