First Impressions In December, the SEC released a document that addressed the derivatives usage of mutual funds (and exchange-traded funds). The commission has been busy over the past year, having ...

WASHINGTON - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released final accounting and financial reporting standards last week that will require state and local governments to report more information ...

Due to the recovery of global stock markets, the issuance volume of derivative-linked securities (DLS) and derivative-linked bonds (DLB), particularly those tied to stock indices or specific stock ...

Derivatives helped trigger some of the most disastrous episodes in the history of finance. Now risk-averse institutional investors are increasingly turning to them for protection amid a perilous time ...

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has opened a consultation on proposals for improving transparency for bond and derivatives markets. Following the Wholesale Markets Review, the Financial Services ...

The bond market used to be a place that was safe for widows and orphans, but recent developments, including the fast growth of credit derivatives and hedge funds, are changing this formerly quiet ...

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Turmoil in the U.K. bond market created a feedback loop that left investors like pension funds short on cash and rippled out into other markets. WSJ’s Chelsey Dulaney explains the type of investment ...

After a sharp sell-off last week U.S. Treasury debt has stabilized, with bond market indicators and derivatives positioning pointing to near-term calm, but an improving economy could trigger another ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FINCAD, a pioneer in providing pricing, modeling, and risk analytics, today announced a new partnership with Fite Analytics, a leading innovator and ...