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Derivatives: Making Sense of Where We Are

The world of derivatives is in a purgatory state--a prolonged holding pattern until regulators finally finish new rules that will govern how they will be sold, traded, valued, cleared and reported. Regulators and financial institutions in the industry have dragged their feet in annoying, painstaking ways. What will eventually happen to how they will be traded?   How will be big banks respond? What will they do? When will the industry decide? How will banks compensate for the billions in revenues that could evaporate when the derivatives playing field is re-landscaped? The stories have   been told often over the years how derivatives markets have surged and soared, how derivatives have become a market of trillions (measured by the "notional" or face value of the derivatives traded globally).   The credit-default-swaps market is said to be over $25 trillion. (That would be "notional" face value, not actual market value or market outstandings.) The story is also to

State Of The Art Products: All That Glitters Is Not Gold

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Companies compete seriously to outdo each other with the product that they deem will solve their customers’ problems in the short and long run. The market is bombarded with products of all types with promises overlapping each other of miracles they can do. Words like “revolutionary”, “cutting edge”, “new improved”, “enhanced”, and many other advertising language types are used to entice customers into buying. This is part of the marketing plan of many companies and if carried out consistently, often succeeds in drawing many customers to them. It is common knowledge that no product is perfect, despite all the promises and every product has the potential to lead to an accident, damage, loss or any other negative incident. This is what makes it very important for companies to source for product liability insurance quotes to safeguard themselves and the users of their products. For many manufacturing companies, this kind of insurance is an excellent investment because it provides protectio

Learn TA from the Teacher of the Teacher

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Basel III: Becoming Real

For those who work in or work with financial institutions, it's nearly impossible to avoid discussions of financial regulation.  It's everywhere.  It can be the drudgery of banking, deal-making, trading, lending, and investing.  But in an environment that is hustling to rid itself of the stark memory of the financial crisis, it's inescapable.  Financial regulation, Dodd-Frank and Basel III are hot summer topics this year, because it's time for the deliberation to stop and for the rules to become real.  Large banks, such as Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup, have sprinted tirelessly to get ahead of the 900-plus pages of Basel III regulation-- rules drafted by the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision, which includes 27 nations, and intended to have more meat than the rather languid rules of Basel II and Basel 2.5. Basel III regulation consumes the minds of CEOs and global heads of legal, risk, and compliance.  Trying to gain a fierce grip around t