This program will provide an overview of legal aspects of the negotiation and documentation of derivatives transactions, beginning with the basics and continuing to more advanced negotiation points ...

This program will provide an introduction to the regulation, trading and documentation of exchange-traded futures contracts and over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivatives. It will examine the key ...

Financial derivatives are financial instruments that are linked to a specific financial instrument or indicator or commodity, and through which specific financial risks can be traded in financial ...

Yes, the simplest derivative investment allows individuals to buy or sell what is known as an option on a security. An option is a contract to buy or sell a specific financial product. Various ...

Persuaded that lax regulation of financial derivatives contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, policymakers in Congress and the Obama Administration have adopted a knee-jerk solution: regulate ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Max Romanik from New Mexico went to law school to study the way auctions of luxury works of art are regulated. But as the global financial crisis unfolded in 2008, he grew ...

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 ...

Despite what Wall Street may have you believe, Congress needs to establish speed limits and traffic lights to improve derivative safety, write David Min and Pat Garofalo. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AK) ...