August 16, 2014, in the morning, Dr. Zhang Lei, deputy general manager of Hongyuan Futures Co., Ltd. Research Center was invited to Beijing Institute of Technology MBA class to give a keynote speech on "Companies use futures and options to hedge". The lecture started with the characteristics of commodity futures and options, and how a company can theoretically hedge using the futures, call options, put options and other zero-cost collar options. Combined with global real company hedging cases of success and failure, Dr. Zhang explained the specific hedging operations, frequently asked questions and the corresponding solutions, etc.
Dr. Zhang Lei received his doctorate in economics in 2010 from Renmin University of China. Upon graduation, he entered Hongyuan Futures Research Centre, and currently serves as deputy general manager and senior analyst. He is mainly engaged in research work on commodity futures.
