No one likes a bailout, particularly one caused by taking a simple and valuable business -- like, say, home loans -- and turning into a complex labyrinth of indecipherable derivative contracts.

A derivative is a securitized contract whose value is dependent upon one or more underlying assets. Its price is determined by fluctuations in that asset.

Financial instruments are becoming increasingly complicated, and a new survey of CPA financial executives by the AICPA found concern about the valuation of instruments such as derivatives, with fears ...

BNL Vita, an Italian banking insurance company that specializes in the life sector, has selected SunGard’s FastVal, an independent valuation service for vanilla and complex over-the-counter (OTC) ...

A court ruling has reaffirmed the position that, the more complex the structure of a derivative product, the more financial companies must explain risk factors specifically and clearly, taking into ...

International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) rules that require financial instruments to be accounted for at fair value, known as IAS 39, could have a detrimental effect on sales of complex ...

Numerix, the leading independent provider of advanced analytics for the derivative and structured products market and Lumina Americas, a regional consulting and technology services company servicing ...

Lawmakers moved closer to passing sweeping reform of the financial system as a Senate panel approved new regulations for the complex derivatives market with the backing of GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of ...

OTCX, a leading regulated fintech transforming the way OTC derivatives are traded, announced a multi-year partnership with Aladdin®, BlackRock’s technology platform that unifies the investment ...