Derivative Securities - Business Exchange Most Active Articles 2009-11-24T03:35:22.112-05:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:derivative-securities Prodic Lurman plurman133 Clearing exemption for FX swaps to be scrapped, says Frank urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:77644210397221990-a8735d4ad67b2cb159aee5097689eb77 2009-11-18T06:44:31.378-05:00 The US Congress will remove the exemption for foreign exchange (forex) swaps and forwards from new central clearing requirements when two over-the-counter derivatives reform bills moving through the House of Representatives are reconciled on the... The US Congress will remove the exemption for foreign exchange (forex) swaps and forwards from new central clearing requirements when two over-the-counter derivatives reform bills moving through the House of Representatives are reconciled on the... risk.net http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/1562399/risk-exclusive-clearing-exemption-fx-swaps-scrapped-frank Gerard Denham gdenham662 0 0 0 0 Competition In OTC Clearing Comes With Its Own Risk urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7741407204703466934-997af2fe2eea3bd2dc0bfc167bb766e9 2009-10-23T02:14:19.190-04:00 Competition In OTC Clearing Comes With Its Own Risk - The top executive of ICE warned Thursday that price competition among clearinghouses could... Competition In OTC Clearing Comes With Its Own Risk - The top executive of ICE warned Thursday that price competition among clearinghouses could... nasdaq.com http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910221302dowjonesdjonline000891&title=competition-in-otc-clearing-comes-with-its-own-risk---ice-ceo Gerard Denham gdenham662 2 1 0 1 Deutsche Börse and Eurex welcome the communication issued by the EU Commission entitled “Ensuring Efficient, Safe and Sound Derivatives Markets: Future Policy Actions“. urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13394884769288277529-628c55984e8c22d661f158e77c80f4c1 2009-10-22T03:32:26.357-04:00 Deutsche Börse and Eurex support the EU Commission’s objective to reduce systemic risks in the OTC derivatives market in order to increase the stability of the market with the proposed measures. Deutsche Börse and Eurex support the EU Commission’s objective to reduce systemic risks in the OTC derivatives market in order to increase the stability of the market with the proposed measures. intranet.deutsche-boerse.de http://intranet.deutsche-boerse.de/INTRANET/ihp.nsf/news/EC45AB3F4E741EB9C125765600516E99 Gerard Denham gdenham662 0 0 0 0 ‘Abusive Swaps’ Would Be Banned Under Frank’s Derivatives Plan urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11343239188371309660-d37f3bbce63ec8cd0cc0d3a64ef81917 2009-10-04T12:45:45.274-04:00 Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Legislation tightening oversight of the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market would give regulators authority to ban so-called abusive swaps. The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading... Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Legislation tightening oversight of the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market would give regulators authority to ban so-called abusive swaps. The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading... bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=amik0fY5tT7c Suzanne Woolley swoolley541 2 2 0 0 Regulating Credit Default Swaps: Will It Work? urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9721476964869642134-904a85f370873c9e4ebd4d8749c75f9c 2008-11-20T11:31:20.670-05:00 The market for credit default swaps (CDS)—derivatives that insure holders against default on a range of debt instruments—is getting plenty of attention from regulators and finance industry officials. The Federal Reserve and other regulatory bodies... The market for credit default swaps (CDS)—derivatives that insure holders against default on a range of debt instruments—is getting plenty of attention from regulators and finance industry officials. The Federal Reserve and other regulatory bodies... BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/nov2008/pi20081119_756744.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_investing Paul Barrett pbarrett729 63 62 1 0 Lehman: One Big Derivatives Mess urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7042534918219425437-690c8cf832ea6eba561cf67c56a5243f 2008-11-07T20:34:25.314-05:00 Warren Buffett called derivatives "weapons of mass destruction" back in 2003. AFP/Saul Loeb In 2003, legendary investor Warren E. Buffett called derivatives "weapons of mass destruction." Buffett predicted that the complex financial instruments... Warren Buffett called derivatives "weapons of mass destruction" back in 2003. AFP/Saul Loeb In 2003, legendary investor Warren E. Buffett called derivatives "weapons of mass destruction." Buffett predicted that the complex financial instruments... BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_42/b4104000160047.htm Prodic Lurman plurman133 61 61 0 0 CIT May Pit Bondholders Against Each Other With Swap (Update3) urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8833156001016464607-a70c25cd2bb461e453b5d47a68275a00 2009-10-04T12:46:57.011-04:00 Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- CIT Group Inc., the 101-year-old commercial lender, will seek board approval as soon as this week for a voluntary debt exchange that may pit bondholders against each other and leave shareholders almost wiped out. Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- CIT Group Inc., the 101-year-old commercial lender, will seek board approval as soon as this week for a voluntary debt exchange that may pit bondholders against each other and leave shareholders almost wiped out. bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aVAIv8n33MHs Suzanne Woolley swoolley541 0 0 0 0 Video: Perry Mehrling on Fischer Black (HISTORY OF FINANCIAL THOUGHT) (Windows Media Player) urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6594326650416238368-7f672f8e17d7b1de9b96762a1c06cdfd 2009-09-29T14:40:34.465-04:00 Video: Perry Mehrling on Fischer Black (HISTORY OF FINANCIAL THOUGHT) (Windows Media Player). Fischer Black was an American economist, best known as one of the authors of the famous Black-Scholes equation. Video: Perry Mehrling on Fischer Black (HISTORY OF FINANCIAL THOUGHT) (Windows Media Player). Fischer Black was an American economist, best known as one of the authors of the famous Black-Scholes equation. link.onlinevideoservice.com http://link.onlinevideoservice.com/afa/mehrling_600.wmv Victor Ricciardi vricciardi668 0 0 0 0 Video: Myron Scholes Interview (10/07/2006) (Windows Media Player) urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12992833969033692850-bfa555fa7e1286eff41fd97a8cceec3f 2009-09-29T11:39:00.870-04:00 Video: Myron Scholes Interview (10/07/2006) (Windows Media Player). Myron Scholes is is one of the authors of the Black–Scholes equation. In 1997 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "a new method to determine the value of derivatives." Video: Myron Scholes Interview (10/07/2006) (Windows Media Player). Myron Scholes is is one of the authors of the Black–Scholes equation. In 1997 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "a new method to determine the value of derivatives." onlinevideoservice.com http://www.onlinevideoservice.com/clients/afa/Scholes_Hi.asx Victor Ricciardi vricciardi668 0 0 0 0 Banks to submit 95 percent of eligible credit derivative trades to central clearinghouses urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1410766094475476508-723e0baa0543a1db76121e939644053b 2009-09-02T03:51:36.348-04:00 Large derivatives dealers will agree to submit 95 percent of eligible credit derivative trades to central clearinghouses beginning in October, according to a person familiar with a letter they will send... Large derivatives dealers will agree to submit 95 percent of eligible credit derivative trades to central clearinghouses beginning in October, according to a person familiar with a letter they will send... iii.co.uk http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7503109&action=article Gerard Denham gdenham662 3 2 0 1 Breaking: Rick Santelli ARRESTED by EPA covert special ops urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13229236484184508331-8141ac3b536b37437fae1a32a1395fca 2009-02-24T19:56:00.000-05:00 ...us toys made with derivative securities, we’d recall our ambassador and cut off relations. If R.J. Reynolds were mixing derivative securities... ...us toys made with derivative securities, we’d recall our ambassador and cut off relations. If R.J. Reynolds were mixing derivative securities... Flopping Aces http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloppingAces/~3/mi9729eOroE/ 28 28 0 0 Credit Default Swaps: Is Your Fund at Risk? urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1398539284316556549-d8b94f475ddfb86ac9438190e0000c11 2008-11-07T22:13:21.876-05:00 Complex financial instruments called credit default swaps have roiled the financial markets for months. They're at the heart of the bond insurers' woes and were a reason why insurance giant AIG (AIG) just added billions to a planned writedown. Complex financial instruments called credit default swaps have roiled the financial markets for months. They're at the heart of the bond insurers' woes and were a reason why insurance giant AIG (AIG) just added billions to a planned writedown. BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_09/b4073074480603.htm Prodic Lurman plurman133 37 37 0 0 EU Considers More Derivatives Regulation urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8347499034653907705-b82e9107ea422872bee6879261ef2d3f 2009-03-24T04:37:55.085-04:00 The European Union is taking a fresh look at ways the derivatives market might be regulated, going beyond a recent agreement struck with the industry related to credit derivatives and looking at possible legislation. The European Union is taking a fresh look at ways the derivatives market might be regulated, going beyond a recent agreement struck with the industry related to credit derivatives and looking at possible legislation. online.wsj.com http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123776917759909863.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Gerard Denham gdenham662 17 16 0 1 LCH.Clearnet in talks to buy out shareholders urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4693441415519424121-733c310f155813d44538aa46b30ff76d 2009-09-11T03:11:11.712-04:00 LCH.Clearnet in talks to buy out shareholders By Jeremy Grant in Interlaken Published: September 10 2009 23:12 | Last updated: September 10 2009 23:12 LCH.Clearnet is in talks with a consortium of banks and Icap, the inter-dealer broker, as well its... LCH.Clearnet in talks to buy out shareholders By Jeremy Grant in Interlaken Published: September 10 2009 23:12 | Last updated: September 10 2009 23:12 LCH.Clearnet is in talks with a consortium of banks and Icap, the inter-dealer broker, as well its... ft.com http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7b0832d0-9e2d-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html Gerard Denham gdenham662 0 0 0 0 CDS dealers sign up for derivatives clearinghouse urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13707467688507096926-51edfd455b70cbe6c829b4e1044cb2bf 2009-09-09T08:46:17.192-04:00 It looks like the wild west days of the over-the-counter derivatives market may be coming to an end as fifteen of the largest derivatives dealer banks told the New York Federal Reserve yesterday that they plan to put 90% of their trades through... It looks like the wild west days of the over-the-counter derivatives market may be coming to an end as fifteen of the largest derivatives dealer banks told the New York Federal Reserve yesterday that they plan to put 90% of their trades through... thedeal.com http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/09/aig_fed_jpmorgan_goldman_bac_citigroup_derivatives.php Tom Groppe tgroppe167 0 0 0 0 A Course in Derivative Securities: Introduction to Theory and... urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6918843902632985254-fc1e63f6954e520d0611eb30f3421c03 2008-11-08T09:49:00.000-05:00 This book aims at a middle ground between the introductory books on derivative securities and those that provide advanced mathematical treatments. This book aims at a middle ground between the introductory books on derivative securities and those that provide advanced mathematical treatments. Download Free Computer Ebooks - NET BOOKS http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NETBKS/~3/446551990/a-course-in-derivative-securities-introduction-to-theory-and-computation_15024.html 33 33 0 0 Deutsche Börse and Eurex publish White Paper "The Global Derivatives Market – A Blueprint for Market Safety and Integrity" urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4669953945783592156-a41b25f4deecc8fb4e61c20616ed289c 2009-09-07T11:56:04.649-04:00 Opalesque Industry Updates - White Paper provides an analysis of the status quo as well as market deficiencies in the global derivatives market to create a blueprint for market safety and integrity / Blueprint outlines ways to effectively reduce... Opalesque Industry Updates - White Paper provides an analysis of the status quo as well as market deficiencies in the global derivatives market to create a blueprint for market safety and integrity / Blueprint outlines ways to effectively reduce... opalesque.com http://www.opalesque.com/IndustryUpdates/384/Deutsche_and_Eurex_publish_White_Paper384.html Gerard Denham gdenham662 0 0 0 0 Eurex Says It Clears First Single-Name Default Swap (Update1) urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3551020042428077624-ef4380b2a93af08cc16dc325f005a385 2009-09-01T09:33:24.076-04:00 Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Eurex Credit Clear said it became the first central counterparty to clear a single-name credit- default swap. Eurex, which has been clearing index trades since July 27, backed a default swap with a notional value of 5 million... Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Eurex Credit Clear said it became the first central counterparty to clear a single-name credit- default swap. Eurex, which has been clearing index trades since July 27, backed a default swap with a notional value of 5 million... bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=aJTtzz7xi488 Gerard Denham gdenham662 0 0 0 0 Credit Default Swaps: Danger Passing? urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6182429085370460305-4c6d9f39517d30f1c189d988fa22f475 2008-11-07T22:10:55.823-05:00 Tick. Tick. Tick. That's the sound of the credit-default-swap time bomb counting down to financial Armageddon, if the critics of the now-famous financial derivatives are to be believed. Designed to insure bondholders against losses from issuer... Tick. Tick. Tick. That's the sound of the credit-default-swap time bomb counting down to financial Armageddon, if the critics of the now-famous financial derivatives are to be believed. Designed to insure bondholders against losses from issuer... BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/nov2008/pi2008113_287900.htm Prodic Lurman plurman133 25 25 0 0 Open Question: are any benefits realized by creating any array of... urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8924300825611699091-cb38e5059c2afa19a15d089f93184001 2009-08-05T02:18:00.000-04:00 Evaluate this criticism. Are any benefits realized by creating any array of derivative securities from various primary securities? Evaluate this criticism. Are any benefits realized by creating any array of derivative securities from various primary securities? Yahoo! Answers: Investing http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090804231819AA2VEdl 7 7 0 0 How AIG's Credit Loophole Squeezed Europe's Banks - BusinessWeek urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15947726633938849778-de47cd993027818193fdbae5f0b0292c 2008-11-07T22:14:49.749-05:00 Brussels: Dexia once boasted about its swaps. The bank was just bailed out Gamma/Zuma Press European banks didn't gorge on subprime assets as much as their U.S. counterparts did. So why do foreign lenders suddenly need a bailout? Their deals with... Brussels: Dexia once boasted about its swaps. The bank was just bailed out Gamma/Zuma Press European banks didn't gorge on subprime assets as much as their U.S. counterparts did. So why do foreign lenders suddenly need a bailout? Their deals with... BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_43/b4105032835044.htm Prodic Lurman plurman133 21 21 0 0 European Commission welcomes first CDS trades urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11276486872000544514-92fed65ac59958d333700a3a717355b3 2009-07-31T08:47:30.754-04:00 European Commission welcomes first CDS trades By Nikki Tait in Brussels and Jeremy Grant in London Published: July 31 2009 13:06 | Last updated: July 31 2009 13:06 Europe’s top regulator on Friday urged dealers to start clearing credit default swap... European Commission welcomes first CDS trades By Nikki Tait in Brussels and Jeremy Grant in London Published: July 31 2009 13:06 | Last updated: July 31 2009 13:06 Europe’s top regulator on Friday urged dealers to start clearing credit default swap... ft.com http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/425b5a5e-7dbf-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss Gerard Denham gdenham662 1 1 0 0 Global watchdogs review derivatives clearing rules urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6255915447910588008-f4ccda60b1838134dec10fd3be73c369 2009-07-21T02:46:38.065-04:00 The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems -- part of the Bank for International Settlements -- and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions said the review would help ensure consistent interpretation of their 2004 guidelines... The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems -- part of the Bank for International Settlements -- and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions said the review would help ensure consistent interpretation of their 2004 guidelines... uk.news.yahoo.com http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090720/tbs-uk-derivatives-regulation-sb-03c9bed.html Gerard Denham gdenham662 1 0 0 1 House chairmen back mandatory OTC clearing urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9548766132139215757-995006d5323657037f30600caa3d3265 2009-07-30T10:51:54.283-04:00 Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/29/AR2009072903291.html Gerard Denham gdenham662 1 1 0 0 U.S. Moves to Regulate Derivatives Trade urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17870685398534088575-1e18a8bc98509e12306af40e8cc4871a 2009-05-14T09:38:31.673-04:00 Federal regulators outlined plans to regulate the giant market for derivatives, a move aimed at avoiding a repeat of the turmoil created last year by certain financial institutions whose risk-taking in exotic financial instruments went largely unchecked. Federal regulators outlined plans to regulate the giant market for derivatives, a move aimed at avoiding a repeat of the turmoil created last year by certain financial institutions whose risk-taking in exotic financial instruments went largely unchecked. online.wsj.com http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124224226775916215.html Shirley Brady sbrady224 4 3 1 0