Through the eyes of an inventor of new markets, Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation tells the story of how financial innovation – a concept that is misunderstood and under attack - has been a positive force in the last four decades. If properly designed and regulated, these “good derivatives” can open vast possibilities to address a variety of global problems. Filled with provocative ideas, fascinating stories, and valuable lessons, it will provide both an insightful interpretation of the last forty years in capital and environmental markets and a vision of world finance for the next forty years.

As a young economist at the Chicago Board of Trade, Richard Sandor helped create interest rate futures, a development that revolutionized worldwide finance. Later, he pioneered the use of emissions trading to reduce acid rain, one of the most successful environmental programs ever. He will provide unique insights into the process of creating these new financial products. Covering successes and failures, the story describes the tireless process of inventing, educating and creating support for these new inventions in places like Chicago, New York, London, Paris and how it is unfolding today in Mumbai, Shanghai and Beijing.

The book will tell the story of the creation of the Chicago Climate Exchange and its affiliated exchanges (European Climate Exchange, Chicago Climate Futures Exchange and Tianjin Climate Exchange, located in China). The lessons learned in these markets can play a critical role in effectively addressing global climate change and other pressing environmental issues. The author argues that market-based trading systems are a far more effective means of reducing pollutants than “command-and-control”. Environmental markets may ultimately help to find solutions to issues such as rainforest destruction, water problems and biodiversity threats.

Written in an engaging, narrative style, Good Derivatives will be of interest to both practitioners and general readers who want to better understand the creative process of financial innovation. In the middle of so much distrust of markets, it is also a recipe of how transparent, well-regulated markets can be a force for good in the environmental, health, and social areas.

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GOOD DERIVATIVES

Through the eyes of an inventor of new markets, Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation tells the story of how financial innovation—a concept that is misunderstood and under attack—has been a positive force in the last four decades. If properly designed and regulated, "good derivatives" can open vast possibilities to address a variety of global problems. Filled with provocative ideas, fascinating stories, and valuable lessons, this timely book will provide both an insightful interpretation of the last forty years in capital and environmental markets and a vision of world finance for the next forty years.

As a young economist at the Chicago Board of Trade, Richard Sandor helped create interest rate futures, a development that revolutionized worldwide finance. Later, he pioneered the use of emissions trading to reduce acid rain, one of the most successful environmental programs ever. Throughout these pages, he will provide unique insights into the process of creating these new financial products. Covering successes and failures, the story describes the tireless process of inventing, educating, and creating support for these new inventions in places like Chicago, New York, London, and Paris and how it is unfolding today in Mumbai, Shanghai, and Beijing.

Along the way, this book tells the story of the creation of the Chicago Climate Exchange and its affiliated exchanges—the European Climate Exchange, the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, and the Tianjin Climate Exchange, located in China. The lessons learned in these markets can play a critical role in effectively addressing global climate change and other pressing environmental issues. The author argues that market- based trading systems are a far more effective means of reducing pollutants than "command-and-control." Environmental markets may ultimately help to find solutions to issues such as rainforest destruction, water problems, and biodiversity threats.

Written in an engaging, narrative style, Good Derivatives will be of interest to both practitioners and general readers who want to better understand the creative process of financial innovation. In the middle of so much distrust of markets, it is also a recipe of how transparent, well-regulated markets can be a force for good in environmental, health, and social areas.

Chapter 1. The Early Years Chapter 2. Trying to Change the World Chapter 3. The Berkeley Years Chapter 4. The Chicago Board of Trade Years: The Commodity Futures Contract Chapter 5. The Chicago Board of Trade Years: Financial Futures Contract Chapter 6. Educating Users and Building the Market Chapter 7. Treasury Bond and Note Futures Chapter 8. The Decade of the Eighties Chapter 9. Globalizing Chicago Exchanges Chapter 10. Environmental Finance Chapter 11. Blame It on Rio Chapter 12. The Beginning of the Entrepreneurial Years Chapter 13. You're Gonna Trade What? Chapter 14. Form the Pit to the Box Chapter 15. Conceiving a New Kind of Exchange Chapter 16. The Twenty-First Century Lihgthouse Chapter 17. CCX Market Architecture Chapter 18. Chicago Climate Exchange Chapter 19. The Rise of the Chicago Climate Exchange Chapter 20. The Fall of the Chicago Climate Exchange Chapter 21. The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange Chapter 22. The European Climate Exchange Chapter 23. India Chapter 24. Opening New Markets in China Chapter 25. Good Derivatives