A derivative is a financial instrument( or other contract within the scope of this Standard)with all three of the following characteristics:
(a) its value changes in response to the change in a specified interest rate, financial
instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates,credit rating or credit index, or other variable, provided in the case of a non-financialvariable that the variable is not specific to a party to the contract( sometimes calledthe‘ underlying’);
(b) it requires no initial net investment or an initial net investment that is smaller than
would be required for other types of contracts that would be expected to have a similar response to changes in market factors; and
(c) it is settled at a future date