Understanding the CFMA: Impact on Derivatives and Financial Regulations

Discover how the CFMA reshaped financial regulations, exempted OTC derivatives from oversight, and influenced market ...
Wall Street Journal

Understanding OTC Derivatives

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 ...
The American Prospect

So You Want to Understand Derivatives Reform?

Subscribe for analysis that goes beyond the noise. A clearing requirement is a requirement that all eligible derivatives be cleared on a central clearinghouse (also known as a central counterparty, or ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Ask A Banker: What's A Derivative?

I will tell you what a derivative is, but I will take a while to get there, and you may feel cheated. That is okay. If you want to understand... Hi! Remember me? I was a banker. Now I am a guy who ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Ex-banker Himes takes heat on derivatives

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim Himes is not at the center of the delicate negotiations over a sweeping financial reform bill. But the 4 th District Democrat is getting heat over the measure nonetheless, ...
PBS

Why Derivatives Were Created and What Went Wrong

Mark Brickell Chair, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (1988-1992) Every business faces risk when it opens its doors. If you're running an automobile manufacturing company and you borrow ...