Discover how the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) acts as Canada's central clearinghouse, managing ...

Changes in the way derivative valuations are determined and accounted for has led to an expansion in the Treasurer’s roles and responsibilities. With ninety-four percent of the world’s largest ...

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In 2006, few people outside of the derivatives market had used the word "credit default swap" in casual conversation. By 2008, it had become an inescapable household term. People continue to throw ...

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market emerged three decades ago as corporations, investment firms, governments and other institutional counterparties sought ways to manage the risks inherent ...

One of the controversies in crafting financial reform is what will happen to a provision in Blanche Lincoln’s derivatives-reform legislation that would ban the largest banks from operating derivatives ...

Most OTC derivatives are highly standardized, heavily traded products that are more fairly described as unfamiliar than complex. Nonetheless, a small corner of the market comprised of customized, or ...