On September 20, 2024, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced that it had approved final guidance (the “Final Guidance”) for designated contract markets (“DCMs”) that list ...

At the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning last month, one of my favorite presentations was by my friend, David Handler of Kirkland & Ellis, entitled “Naked Derivatives and Other Exotic Wealth ...

Derivatives trading offers tools for hedging and speculation in financial markets. Learn key differences and strategies for ...

Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in the accounting and finance industries for more than 20 years. Her expertise covers a ...

Bob Currie offers a brief explainer on the European power derivatives sector. Trading volumes in power derivatives contracts have surged over the past three years, fuelled by the need to manage price ...

German credit institutions DZ Bank and BayernLB have traded an over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivative as a digital smart derivative contract (SDC), the first time this has been completed ...

Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. Derivatives are a kind of ...

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Derivative Contracts: National Stock Exchange of India Limited or NSE through its circular dated 28 March 2025 has revised the Market Lot of Derivative Contracts on certain Indices. The circular comes ...