衍生金融工具又称派生金融工具，是指在基础金融资产或原生金融资产（如外汇、股票、债券等金融资产）交易基础上所派生出来的金融期货、金融期权、利率期货、利率期权、股票指数期货（权）以及互换业务的合约，这些合约统称为衍生金融工具；；衍生金融工具价值取决于赖以存在的基础金融资产价格及其变化。衍生金融工具市场就是衍生金融工具的交易场所，也即以衍生金融工具作为交易对象的市场。
勿庸置疑，衍生金融工具交易构成当今国际金融市场交易的主流和重心，而金融期货市场正是衍生金融工具市场的核心。
It is undoubted that the derivative financial instrument is the mainstream of present international financial market, and the core of derivative financial markets is financial future market.
假如不参与衍生金融工具市场，企业就损失了强大的避险工具和风险收益，会在国际竞争中将自身暴露在众多不确定的风险中。
If we do not participate in derivatives market, companies will lost a powerful hedging tool and risk-adjusted returns and will be exposed to a number of uncertain risk in international competition.
正如另一种曾被滥用的金融工具——垃圾债券一样，这些新衍生品中的很大一部分迟早会重回市场，因为它们的确有用。
Just like junk bonds, another once-misused financial instrument, many of the new derivatives will be back, for no better reason than that they are useful.
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