Abstract:
The derivatives transactions are the financial contracts having significant roles in the financial market by being used as financial tool for mitigating risks from the fluctuation of financial market. The counterparties will enter into such transactions without formal exchange. They enter into ISDA Master Agreement which specifying a condition precedent that in the event that one counterparty is bankrupt, the non-defaulting party may suspend its payment under derivatives transactions until the bankruptcy is extinguished. The objectives of this thesis are to study rules of treatment of derivatives transactions in other countries, and the effectiveness of such under Thai laws. The provisions referred in previous paragraph are effective. Additionally, the Bankruptcy Act which does not specially specify the rules for operating to derivatives transactions will apply in such cases. However, the receivers may consider to assume or reject transactions. Hence, due to uncertainty of financial system, such treatment may cause problems to overall economy. The solutions provided by this thesis are amending the Bankruptcy Act by separating treatment of derivatives transactions from authorizations of receivers for assuming or rejecting contracts, and adding particular provisions of treatments of derivatives transactions in order to provide certainty of treatment of derivatives transactions in case one party is bankrupt.