Anonymous auction for price discovery Neutrality - conflict of interest avoided Transparent real time price dissemination
Benchmark reference price Liquidity to participants
Risk Management in a volatile market
Robust Clearing & Settlement systems - counter party credit risk mitigated Fair, safe, orderly market - rigorous financial standards and surveillance procedures
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Benefits of trade on Futures Market
Risk transfer platform from actual users to traders / speculators
Helps hedgers concentrate on core activity
Long term price signals help
Farmers to decide cropping pattern Corporate managers to take investment / capital expenditure decisions
Cover sales and raw materials risk Cost of Capital reduced Arbitrage opportunities
A good investment option
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Myths about commodity exchanges
Commodity exchanges are speculative markets not meant for actual users
Speculators infuse liquidity to enable hedgers to transfer their price risk
If commodity exchanges do not enable physical delivery, they are then only for speculators
Exchanges are meant for price discovery and physical delivery is only incidental
As Exchanges gain liquidity actual users will separate hedging from physical delivery
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Myths about commodity exchanges
How can trading volume be greater than actual production in that commodity? Open Interest is the only true indicator of the depth of the market E.g.: Trading volume in Infosys / Reliance in the Capital markets is a multiple of the outstanding shares Can an Exchange have a price view? Exchange is a platform for price discovery– It is only the thermometer of the price movements and is not responsible for the price movements
NCDEX rigorously monitors & controls level of and composition of Open interest in any commodity
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Evolution of Commodity markets in India
Ban in forward trading in mid-sixties Emergence of national level online multi-commodity exchanges 3 National level and 21 regional Trade in 60 commodities compared with just 8 in 2000 Volumes of Rs 571,000 crores in 2004-05 Volume first two months of 2005-06 reached 1,90,000 crores (800 % growth over 25,000 crores in 2004-05)
Traded volume in 2004-05 around 20% of India’s GDP
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Regulatory Structure in India
Ministry of Finance Ministry of Consumer Affairs
National Housing Bank
Insurance Regulatory Pension Funds Regulatory Development Authority Development Authority (PFRDA) (IRDA)
Law of One Price – “a commodity cannot command two different prices in two different markets ” Arbitrage opportunities emerge out of pricing inefficiencies
Between the cash & derivatives market Between two futures contracts with different expiry dates Between two or more exchanges
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Arbitrage Opportunities
Annualized Returns on Contract over Spot (in %)
June Grade A parboiled Rice Gram Urad Sugar Raw Jute Guar Seed Gold Silver Copper
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Raw material intensive industry
Industry Ratio of Raw materials/Net sales 92.2 89.6 88.0 86.2 85.8 85.5 84.9 76.7 73.7
Soyabean products Vanaspati Vegetable oils Refinery products Petroleum products Steel wires Gems and jewellery Textile products Bakery and milling
Aluminium products
Polymers Automobiles
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73.8
70.0 68.3 Source: CMIE
Steel: Need for hedging mechanism
Characterized by high volatility during the last 2 years Steel market expected to remain volatile Participants need a mechanism to reduce price risk Steel futures can help mitigate price risk Steel futures will give an indication of future trend in steel prices
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Seller‟s hedge - assumptions
Price of saleable steel falls by 10% in FY02 Steel hedged at FY01 prices Decrease in PBDIT solely due to fall in price of saleable steel
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Seller‟s Hedge
FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04
Saleable Steel Prices (Rs/Ton)
Quantity Sold
(„000 tonnes)
16500
2668 1291
18500
2446 1507
16600 (10%)
2731 1179
20300
3448 2208
24500
3473 3548
PBDIT
(Rs Crore)
(22%)
(* Saleable steel constitutes approx. 72% of sales)
If hedged completely, could have made incremental profits of Rs 518 crores, 44% higher
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Buyer‟s Hedge - assumptions
Prices increase by 17% in FY04 Prices hedged at FY03 prices Decrease in PBDIT is solely because of increase in raw material component
Beginning of the Bull phase after 20 years of Bear market Escalating commodities demand from Asia, especially China Depreciating dollar – shift to hard currencies like Gold Inflationary pressures build-up Surging energy prices – leading to energy crisis Rise in commodity demand with economic recovery
Commodities are less volatile compared to equity market, but more volatile as compared to G-Sec‟s
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Portfolio diversification & value investing
Low co-relation between stocks/bonds and the commodities market Better diversification of portfolio Commodity markets are less risky compared with stock market. Reduces risks in a diversified portfolio
Regulatory Facilitation
Institutional Participation Banks,MFs, PFs, FIIs
Pool the retail money to the market, boost liquidity & volume Benefit of ‘upside’ for value-investing Benchmarking the market
Exchange Traded Options Trading on Commodity Indices
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Banks - Present Scenario
Not allowed to trade on commodity exchange Not allowed to do margin financing against commodities Bank lending to commodities remained very low Commodity a ‘sensitive sector’ Not under priority sector lending Credibility of Warehouse receipts Reliability of the warehouse Hedging not possible
Bank lending against commodities was only Rs 9,952 cr out of Rs 8,64,143 cr i.e. 1.1% as on March’04
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Involvement of Banks
Banks as aggregators
Institutions with good rural presence and sufficient financial expertise and infrastructure
Banks can hedge their agri and corporate loans Banks as market makers for price stabilization
Role similar to the role of RBI for stabilization of dollar prices
Banks as dealers in commodity markets
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FII presence
Benefits
Issues involved
More liquidity Broaden and deepen markets Help in the utilization of capital Global experiences Research Best practices
Concentration and control over prices of crucial commodities Physical delivery Withdrawal from the country
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Involvement of Mutual Funds
Mutual Funds can bring liquidity and professional skill in the commodity market Mutual Funds can mobilize small savings and invest in commodities and commodity derivatives Easiest route for retail investment
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Options and indices
Options
Provides benefit of upside Substitute MSP of government Not allowed under FCRA Need for changes in the Act
-Only institutions are our shareholders -NCDEX fully compliant with shareholding guidelines
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Independent Board of Directors
Name
Shri U. S. Awasthi Shri R.N. Bharadwaj Shri B.V. Bhargava Shri S.H. Bhojani Shri Dileep Choksi Shri D. S. Kolamkar Smt Ranjana Kumar Shri Ravi Narain Shri Lamon Rutten Shri Ravi Mohan Dr. Ajay Shah Shri H.N. Sinor Shri P. H. Ravikumar
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Jan – May 2005
Gur, Rice, Maize, Raw silk, Cocoon, Jeera, Chilli, Steel, Cashew, Cottonseed oilcake, Sesame seed, Tur, Arabica & Robusta Coffee, Copper Cathode
In pipeline
Other base Metals, Energy Products, More Agricultural products
Each product is selected after an in-depth research & market feedback
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Average daily volumes
Rs cr
2500 2231 2015 2000 2095
Peak Volume for a single day Rs. 4271 cr on Mar 30 ‘05
1619 1444 1231 1229
1500
1000 691 500 55
Q2 2004 Q3 2004 Oct -N ov 04 D e c - '0 4 J a n '0 5 Fe b '0 5 M a r '0 5 A p r '0 5 M a y '0 5
21 0
Q1 2004
Impressive growth of NCDEX with 85% volume contribution from agriculture
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Robust Deliveries - 2005
TOTA L D ELIVERIES (in m et ric t onnes)
50000 44904 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 4686 J an-05 Feb-05 M ar-05 A pr-05 M ay -05 J un-05 22904 15624 36352.35 28301
TOTA L DELIVERIES
Deliveries of over 1,10,000 MT in first quarter 2005-06
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Deliveries to Open Interest – June 2005
June deliverables in Metric tonnes 2697 7990 1270 940 110 12810 756 9779 36352 Deliveries to Open Interest 99% 98% 88% 87% 85% 84% 83%
COMMODITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JEERA URAD CASTOR SEED GUARGUM SUGAR S SUGAR M PEPPER Others Total quantity for delivery
Prices are those received by the farmers after adjusting for the taxes and other incidentals. The Prices are from the following mandis: Bikaner, Calcutta and Ahmedabad. Numbers marked in red pertain to Prices after trading was enabled on NCDEX.
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