Derivatives
299 white papers and resources
Risk Library provides derivatives white papers which consider current issues and thinking, market conditions and how derivatives can be used to their best effect. In Business, a derivative is a form of contract where its value is derived from the value of underlying assets. Derivatives can be used to both hedge risk and for speculation. The most common types of derivatives are futures, options, forwards and swaps.
The optimization of everything: OTC derivatives, counterparty credit risk and funding
The global financial crisis has created much excitement over counterparty credit risk (CCR) and, in recognition of this, banks have been improving their practices around CCR. Download this white paper to find out more.
Tomorrow’s Corporate Treasury
Implementation schedules have slipped anddetails are still being worked out, but there can be no doubt that the regulatory landscape for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives is changing dramatically.
An introduction to the Russell UK Mid 150 Index
This paper describes the current state of UK mid-cap indexing and gives an overview of how the Russell UK Mid 150 Index will help provide larger capacity, quicker trading than of existing products in the marketplace.
Controlled Chaos: Managing the Uncertainties of Renewables in Europe
Producers, system operators and traders in power markets are facing multidimensional challenges in forecasting, optimization, trading, risk management and structural changes caused by the rise of renewables in the European power grid.
Getting to a New Transparency in Netback
Internal and external pressures are causing chief financial officers, chief operating officers and other executives at oil and gas explorationand production(E&P) companies to spotlight the way they are calculating netback pricing and royalties to the owners of the energy sources.
Collateral management survey 2013
Insurance Risk’s second collateral management survey in conjunction with BNY Mellon finds more insurers are taking steps to prepare for new derivatives regulation, but concerns about collateral availability are mounting
An introduction to the survival guide to commodity investing and trading
Stinson Gibner brings two decades’ worth of experience to Commodity Investing and Trading and discusses all aspects of the commodity markets, from fundamentals to how best to invest and trade in them.
Collateral Discounting: Rethinking the Interest Rate Pricing Framework from its Basic Concepts
This article examines how a swap portfolio’s value differs under the single and multi-curve approaches at four different snapshots in time―including pre-crisis, at the height of the crisis, post-crisis and today.
Hedging CVA and DVA
This paper illustrates the challenges and complexities financial institutions face in hedging Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) and Debit Valuation Adjustment (DVA) in the present market and regulatory environment.
The cloud & the importance of physical operations in oil trading. Why today’s trading companies need operational as well as transactional solutions.
Trading oil used to mostly take place in the virtual world. Oil futures werebought and sold on paper only, with relatively few physical oil movements. Download this white paper and discover how the market has changed.