PRODUCT SUMMARY
CASH SETTLED CALL WARRANTS
Description
• A call warrant is basically a derivative instrument which may be converted to its underlying share when its conversion price is paid within the exercise period.
• A cash settled call warrant is where the issuer does not have the underlying shares readily at hand and will have to settle by way of cash to meet the call warrant holders’ conversion in the event the underlying share price rises above the conversion price.
Background
• Number of call warrants which have been issued so far
in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong is as follows:
No. of call warrants issued
Bursa Malaysia 124
Singapore Exchange 596
Hong Kong Exchange (including put warrants) 5379
• Call warrants are generally bull market instruments in the sense that they tend to do well when the markets are bullish and vice versa. As can be seen from the table above, the call warrant segment in HK and Singapore is huge and in......
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