CFTC to Release Clearing Proposal for Index Swaps, Gensler Says - Bloomberg


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CFTC to Release Clearing Proposal for Index Swaps, Gensler Says
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The types of derivative swaps said to have led to a loss of at least $2 billion at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) may be the first for which the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission would require guarantees by clearinghouses under the Dodd-Frank Act, ...

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STEALTHGAS INC. Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial and Operating Results - MarketWatch (press release)

STEALTHGAS INC. Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial and Operating Results
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Lower operating costs, gain on sale of vessel and a lower derivative loss has resulted in the net income being higher despite revenues being lower. -- Voyage revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2012, amounted to $29.1 million, a decrease of ...

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We have info on participatory notes holders: Sebi - Times of India


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We have info on participatory notes holders: Sebi
Times of India
... for the past several months on the instrument but the finance ministry has not bothered to check these details. Participatory notes are derivative instruments used by overseas players to invest in Indian markets via foreign institutional investors.
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Indian stocks to watch-May 23 - Reuters

Indian stocks to watch-May 23
Reuters
GLOBAL MARKETS * The near-month derivative contract for India's NSE index at Singapore Exchange down 0.2 percent, while MSCI Asia ex-Japan fell 1.7 percent. Traders eye more measures on the rupee from RBI as well as the EU summit.

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TEXT-Fitch: Taberna VI ratings unaffected by replacement trustee - Reuters

TEXT-Fitch: Taberna VI ratings unaffected by replacement trustee
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16, 2010); --'Global Surveillance Criteria for Trust Preferred CDOs' (July 12, 2011); --'Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance Transactions' (March 12, 2012); --'Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance Transactions: Derivative Addendum' ...

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Wall Street back to its old tricks - Columbia Daily Tribune


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Wall Street back to its old tricks
Columbia Daily Tribune
This previously undisclosed derivative trade should be a wake-up call for those claiming finance has been reined in and no longer presents a threat to the global economy. As it turns out, nothing could be further from the truth. Finance has become a ...
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Poland Sold 11 Billion Euros for Zloty on Market Last Year - Bloomberg

Poland Sold 11 Billion Euros for Zloty on Market Last Year
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Swap Deals The ministry also entered into derivative transactions last year to manage debt payments, according to the Finance Ministry's statement. It took interest-rate swaps, or derivative contracts used to guard against fluctuations in borrowing ...

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Financial Regulation: How to Find the Right Balance - Huffington Post

Financial Regulation: How to Find the Right Balance
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The scales of financial justice are tilted by avarice and the power the investment bankers continue to assert. JP Morgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon pleads mea culpa for his part in the US$ 2 billion (and counting) derivative trading loss.

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Indian stocks to watch-May 22 - Reuters

Indian stocks to watch-May 22
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MUMBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - GLOBAL MARKETS * The near-month derivative contract for India's NSE index at Singapore Exchange rose 1.2 percent, while MSCI Asia ex-Japan rose 1.15 percent. * Asian markets kept gains on Tuesday after reclaiming some ground ...
Indian stocks to watch-May 21 Reuters India

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Derivatives Exposure and the Monitoring Mechanisms Needed to Control Risk - Blogcritics.org (blog)

Derivatives Exposure and the Monitoring Mechanisms Needed to Control Risk
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Derivatives are becoming increasingly complex in the world economy. This article explores the growing risks of derivatives and the existing monitoring mechanisms to manage risk intelligently. Derivatives are also pervasive in global finance.

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