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Hedge instrument

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-001721

A financial tool or contract used to mitigate the risk of adverse price movements in an asset, liability, or forecasted transaction. Common examples include futures contracts, options, forward contracts, and swaps. The instrument's value moves in the opposite direction of the hedged item, thereby reducing overall financial exposure.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-001721
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-001721",
  "term": "Hedge instrument",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A financial tool or contract used to mitigate the risk of adverse price movements in an asset, liability, or forecasted transaction. Common examples include futures contracts, options, forward contracts, and swaps. The instrument's value moves in the opposite direction of the hedged item, thereby reducing overall financial exposure.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/hedge-instrument/"
}

Record 1,627 of 3,708 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.