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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...