Derivatives first came to prominence in the ETF world in passive index-tracking products. Their main uses were to provide exposure to hard-to-reach markets like Chinese equities, or to lower the cost ...

During the 2017 bull run, initial coin offerings (ICOs) were all the rage. The last bull market — in 2021 — was dominated by the growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) and yield farming. Now, as a ...

UBS (NYSE:UBS) orders its bankers to scale back the sale of complex currency derivatives after clients suffered heavy losses linked to the market turmoil following U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The year was 1990 and Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. The first Gulf War against Iraq began. And a Brookfield Asset Management unit ...

For treasurers of both large and small corporations, a key part of their workflow revolves around derivatives trading such as NDF swaps and foreign currency options. The prices of such instruments, ...

The governing agreements for a wide range of transactions, from the most basic financing arrangements to the most complex derivatives trading relationships, frequently include a “cross-default” event ...

Derivatives structurers are having a day in the sun. Higher interest rates are helping these alchemists of Wall Street to put together profitable trades across asset classes that can be pitched to ...

A derivative is a financial instrument that gains value from the performance or price of an underlying asset, such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, and indices. It is set between two or more ...