Persuaded that lax regulation of financial derivatives contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, policymakers in Congress and the Obama Administration have adopted a knee-jerk solution: regulate ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. found "shortcomings" in the resolution plans of three of the largest banks last week, and found Citigroup's resolution plan "deficient," all because of problems ...

Several members of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) have discussed initial “teething problems” following the implementation of swaps margin rules on 1 September. Scott ...

Discover the ins and outs of fixed-for-fixed currency swaps, where parties exchange fixed interest payments across different ...

Swaps and other derivatives, blamed by some for causing the global financial crisis, have returned in a big but deceptive way. The Bank for International Settlements reports that the notional amount ...

A zero-coupon swap involves the exchange of cash flows where the fixed-rate side pays a lump sum at maturity. Learn its key ...

The $650 trillion derivatives market is a nightmare scenario waiting to happen. First problem: the size. It's 36 times the size of the U.S. GDP and over eight times larger than the world GDP, that is, ...

The days when large corporations refused to deal in what were seen as dodgy derivatives are long gone. Now, equity swaps, bespoke equity options and even volatility swaps are all used to hedge ...

Demanding Diversity Through Uniformity“Derivatives” have gone from being the hottest thing on Wall Street to being the hottest thing in Washington. Indeed, President Obama -- who mentioned them no ...