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Financial derivatives are financial instruments that are linked to a specific financial instrument or indicator or commodity, and through which specific financial risks can be traded in financial ...

Eighteen months after the financial crisis, Senator Chris Dodd (D–CT) and the Obama Administration are suddenly in a hurry to pass financial reform legislation, including blanket regulation of ...

President Obama called Wednesday for more oversight of derivatives — the financial products that helped sink insurance giant AIG — when he met with Congressional leaders Wednesday at the White House ...

Sociology, Vol. 48, No. 5, Special Issue: Sociology and the Global Economic Crisis (OCTOBER 2014), pp. 887-903 (17 pages) The period since the global financial crisis has seen financial derivatives ...

The rules are as I explained yesterday. I'm looking for the clearest possible explanation of financial derivatives, how they work in our world, and their place in the financial crisis. Do not think of ...

The gross market value of derivatives fell to $11 trillion at the end of 2017, down from a crisis-level peak of $35 trillion, according to the Bank for International Settlements. Warren Buffett once ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Johnson Financial Group, a family-operated American banking industry stalwart with a portfolio of over $6 billion in assets, is pleased to announce its partnership with ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MultiBank Group, the largest financial derivatives institution worldwide, announced that its latest subsidiary, MEX Europe Ltd, has been granted a license ...

Derivatives offer a tool to mitigate financial risk by hedging against adverse price movements. Investors use derivatives to control large asset amounts with minimal investments, amplifying gains but ...