Derivatives are financial instruments that have become integral to modern financial markets. Often, they form the majority of trading volumes on most exchanges across the world! These instruments, ...

Derivatives offer a tool to mitigate financial risk by hedging against adverse price movements. Investors use derivatives to control large asset amounts with minimal investments, amplifying gains but ...

Supra-national regulator the European Securities and Market Authority has written to the European Commission to ask for a single Europe-wide definition of a derivative or derivative contract.

European companies have been struggling to implement EMIR, which requires them to report all derivative contracts from February 12, amid widespread confusion and culminating in the European Securities ...