I would like to detoxify the word "derivative". The word itself has taken on a negative meaning in the eyes of many because of the unregulated excesses of things like bundled mortgage securities and ...

(TheNation.com) — Derivatives, derivatives, derivatives! Throughout the financial crisis, the word derivatives has popped up in every corner, every hearing, every news broadcast related to the crash.

First Impressions In December, the SEC released a document that addressed the derivatives usage of mutual funds (and exchange-traded funds). The commission has been busy over the past year, having ...

Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. Derivatives are a kind of ...

While derivatives emerged as a bad word during the financial crisis, the National Credit Union Administration believes its share insurance fund may be safer if more credit unions used them. NCUA’s ...

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Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are derivatives executed and settled bilaterally with counterparties without the use of an organized exchange or central clearing house. OTC contracts are the ...