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Axis Direct provides a 3-in-1 Online Investment Account [2] which is a combination of Axis Bank Savings along with an Axis Direct trading and Demat account services: Equities – Invest online in stocks of listed companies; Mutual Funds – Invest in mutual funds including equity, hybrid, tax saving or debt schemes from asset management companies
In contrast, if the market price of his contract has decreased, the exchange charges his account that holds the deposited margin. If the balance of this account becomes less than the deposit required to maintain the account, the trader must immediately pay additional margin into the account in order to maintain the account (a "margin call").
Retail foreign exchange trading is a small segment of the larger foreign exchange market where individuals speculate on the exchange rate between different currencies. This segment has developed with the advent of dedicated electronic trading platforms and the internet, which allows individuals to access the global currency markets.
Margin rates are a financial concept the average investor might not be informed about - and this lack of knowledge could be costly. As a general rule, new investors should stay away from ...
A cross-currency swap's (XCS's) effective description is a derivative contract, agreed between two counterparties, which specifies the nature of an exchange of payments benchmarked against two interest rate indexes denominated in two different currencies. It also specifies an initial exchange of notional currency in each different currency and ...
The difference in charges can be seen on the customer's card statement. With DCC (left part of the above image), the amount becomes EUR 8.20, at an exchange rate of 1.1882. The DCC provider, in this example the merchant itself, also disclosed that it is using the Reuters Wholesale Interbank exchange rate plus 2.95%. Without DCC (right part of ...
Other factors contribute to currency exchange rates: these include forex transactions made by smaller banks, hedge funds, companies, forex brokers and traders. Companies are involved in forex transactions due to their need to pay for products and services supplied from other countries which use a different currency.
Since the 2007–2008 financial crisis and consequent bank runs that caused dislocation in overnight borrowing rates (i.e. the effective achievable deposit rates for spare cash), the Futures Commission Merchant has moved away from LIBOR reference and have taken to pricing relative to each exchange's specific margin deposit rate (i.e. on ...