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 ...

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 ...

The derivatives market doesn’t deal with fungible assets. Instead, it’s a secondary market focused on the volatility of capital markets and assets. As the name implies, the financial products traded ...

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 ...

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 ...