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Financial instruments are becoming increasingly complicated, and a new survey of CPA financial executives by the AICPA found concern about the valuation of instruments such as derivatives, with fears ...

The London interbank offered rate (LIBOR), the submission of which will cease to be mandated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority in 2021 as a result of concerns over its reliability and robustness ...

Earlier this year, a hedge fund structured two trades worth $642 million, reminiscent of pre-2008 crisis transactions. Bayview Asset Management sold credit default swaps (CDS) to Huntington (HBAN) and ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and currently holds a Life, ...

Derivatives are financial instruments whose value is derived from one or more underlying assets or securities (e.g., a stock, bond, currency, or index). A derivative is a contract that derives its ...

Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in the accounting and finance industries for more than 20 years. Her expertise covers a ...

Cryptocurrencies are in murky waters yet again as the government has listed a bill for discussion in the winter session of Parliament, reportedly seeking to ban all private cryptocurrencies. While ...

UBS (NYSE:UBS) orders its bankers to scale back the sale of complex currency derivatives after clients suffered heavy losses linked to the market turmoil following U.S. President Donald Trump's ...