These instruments allow pension plans to reduce risk and manage portfolios more efficiently. However, Towers Watson notes in a Perspectives paper, the financial crisis and subsequent changes in ...

The latest data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives statistics shows a decrease in gross market value and gross credit exposure in the second half of ...

Earlier this week, a Financial Stability Board (FSB) report on implementation of the reforms to OTC derivatives markets agreed by the G20 suggested that while FSB member jurisdictions have made ‘good ...

The use of a derivative agreement to mitigate risk can be traced back to around 1754BC, when the Code of Hammurabi was set in stone in Babylon. That was 3,723 years before Euromoney began publication ...

When Congress returns from its Easter recess next week, efforts to bring rules and oversight to unregulated parts of the derivatives markets will resume with fresh energy. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the ...

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how APAC’s main financial service hubs are grappling with the challenges in complying with the revisions to the OTC derivatives reporting rules. The global financial ...

In the post-financial crisis environment, the nature of collateral and liquidity management has changed dramatically. Once a simple operational process, it is now a risk-based process in which ...

The partnership combines Amundi Technology’s platform for asset managers, insurers, pension funds and family offices, ALTO Investment with Murex’s OTC front-to-back solution. Through the use of ALTO’s ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether trading in over the counter derivatives should be reported like other securities transactions, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro told a ...

Mumbai, July 10 -- The Reserve Bank on Wednesday issued draft guidelines for novation of OTC derivative contracts with a view to rationalising the related regulatory requirements. Novation means the ...

Traders and regulators obviously disagree about how the new regulation of the OTC derivative market will affect the entire market. The regulators point to the financial crisis and the heavy use of ...