Changes in the way derivative valuations are determined and accounted for has led to an expansion in the Treasurer’s roles and responsibilities. With ninety-four percent of the world’s largest ...

In 2006, few people outside of the derivatives market had used the word "credit default swap" in casual conversation. By 2008, it had become an inescapable household term. People continue to throw ...

Learn the basics of options trading, what calls and puts are, how options work, and strategies to hedge or speculate with ...

Discover how the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) acts as Canada's central clearinghouse, managing ...

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market emerged three decades ago as corporations, investment firms, governments and other institutional counterparties sought ways to manage the risks inherent ...

One of the controversies in crafting financial reform is what will happen to a provision in Blanche Lincoln’s derivatives-reform legislation that would ban the largest banks from operating derivatives ...

Derivatives are an increasingly complex yet becoming a common part of the securities industry. Whether you are involved in portfolio management, trading, custody or accounting, knowledge of these ...

Most OTC derivatives are highly standardized, heavily traded products that are more fairly described as unfamiliar than complex. Nonetheless, a small corner of the market comprised of customized, or ...