Sentences with phrase «heavily on derivatives»

Global financial markets, which lost heavily on derivatives, are already in free fall.

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Geithner and Obama warned that if Greek bondholders were not paid in full, some giant U.S. banks would lose heavily on the default insurance contracts and derivatives they had written, and their losses could spread «contagion» to Europe.

Senator Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio) will convene a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday during which MillerCoors and experts critical of banks» involvement in physical commodities activities and infrastructure assets such as storage facilities and pipelines are likely to heavily criticize banks like Goldman and JPMorgan, which both own large warehouses that store aluminum and trade derivatives contracts reflecting commodity prices.

Out of the competition, the international highlights were El Clan (The Clan, Pablo Trapero), an effective if derivative Argentinian political drama / gangster film heavily influenced by Scorsese's Goodfellas; L'avenir (Things to Come, Mia Hansen - Løve), a fine if rather low - key drama helped enormously by Isabelle Huppert's lead performance; and, best of all, Robert Greene's Kate Plays Christine, a truly disturbing mixture of fiction and documentary concerning the attempt to make a movie about the tragic suicide of Florida journalist Christine Chubbuck, who shot herself on live television back in 1974.

It is just so by - the - numbers and derivative that it's truly astonishing that it's a heavily - marketed star - vehicle and not a straight - to - DVD production or even just the script for an episode of any number of crime series currently airing on television.

Heavy on atmosphere the film doesn't rely heavily on the plot, which is familiar but not tired, and much of the soul of the film is derivative of the hauntingly picturesque imagery and the key performances from the three leads as characters from different walks of life.

Derivative and sloppy, Geostorm relies heavily on the visuals to do all of the talking; scenes of sheer mayhem should have been the movie's big seller, however, they are ridiculous, looking like they've been pulled out of any of the Sharknado features.

The high risks incurred by hedge funds came to light at the start of subprime crisis when two Bear Sterns hedge funds, which were heavily invested in sub-prime derivatives, were almost wiped out on the back of plummeting assets.

Practice head Hugh Evans has more than 35 years of experience handling high - value professional negligence claims on behalf of banks, building societies and other lenders; he leads a team that includes Adam Ibrahim who, in addition to heading the regulatory team in Leeds, has extensive experience handling financial services related professional negligence matters and is heavily involved in claims arising from the FCA's investigation into the mis - selling of derivatives and swaps.