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Many see the launch of the derivatives contract as a first step towards establishing cryptocurrencies as a legitimate asset class, paving the way toward an exchange - traded fund.

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The firm's derivatives strategy team has concocted a trade known as a put spread: Buy a specific number of S&P 500 contracts expiring in February with a strike price of 2,525, while selling the same number of February puts with a strike price of 2,400.

An increasing number of investors have shown an interest in bitcoin, as derivatives exchanges CBOE and CME both gear up to launch bitcoin futures contracts.

Clearing houses manage credit risk, acting as a middle - man in swaps and derivatives trades to guarantee the contract in the event that one of the parties involved goes bust.

The agency, which argued that the London trading position was so large that it manipulated the market for financial contracts known as derivatives, sought an approximately $ 100 million fine and an acknowledgment of wrongdoing from the bank.

Past opportunities include claims, judgements, private notes and financings, loans, distressed secondaries, derivative contracts and other financial instruments in a variety of situations such as insolvencies, class actions, frauds and insurance liquidations.

As a side note, it is worth noting that changes in contract size affected volume and open interest on the Korea Exchange, one of the region's largest derivatives markets.

«The AMF concludes that a cash - settled cryptocurrency contract may qualify as a derivative, irrespective of the legal qualification of a cryptocurrency,» the AMF said in the statement, as reported by CCN.

CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the largest central counterparty clearing services in the world, which provides clearing and settlement services for exchange - traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort.

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.

Derivatives, such as futures contracts, forward contracts, options, warrants, ETFs, and swaps are estimated by Jeff Desjardins of The Money Project to range in size from $ 630 trillion to $ 1.2 quadrillion.

IG Group is a UK - based company providing trading in financial derivatives such as contracts for difference and financial spread betting and, as of 2014, stockbroking to retail traders.

For example, if Bitcoin is not a currency, then Bitcoin forwards and Bitcoin swaps that involve the exchange of Bitcoin for another currency will not fall under the statutory definitions of the more lightly regulated foreign exchange forwards or foreign exchange swaps.10 Likewise, retail trading of Bitcoin derivatives will be limited to designated contract markets, rather than subject to the retail foreign exchange dealer regulations.11 Treating Bitcoin as a commodity that is not a currency dovetails with the stances taken by other U.S. regulators such as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)(virtual currency does not have all of the attributes of real currency) 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Bitcoin investments are investment contracts because Bitcoin is a form of money) 13 and the Internal Revenue Service (treating Bitcoin as property for tax purposes).14

Dec 28 Indian shares were little changed on Thursday ahead of expiry of derivatives contracts and on lingering concerns over government borrowing exceeding target, but metals stocks such as Vedanta Ltd rose tracking global commodity prices.

In finance, a derivative is a contract that derives its value from the performance of an underlying asset or other entity (such as an index or interest rate).

Stocks, bonds and currency are three examples of assets that are often used as the underlying asset for derivative contracts.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Merricks Capital, which specialises in soft commodities, helped to create derivative contracts with the major US hamburger companies to allow them to hedge the cost of Australian beef while allowing them to profit from anomalies in global beef prices, such as the perceived high price of Australian cattle.

The Fund will invest a percentage of its assets in derivatives, such as futures and options contracts.

ETFs that use derivatives — such as forward contracts, swaps and commodity futures — often have significant trading expense ratios (TERs), the lesser known cousins of the MER.

These ProShares ETFs are non-diversified and entail certain risks, which may include risks associated with the use of derivatives (such as swap agreements, futures contracts and similar instruments), imperfect benchmark correlation, leverage and market price variance, all of which can increase volatility and decrease performance.

This ProShares ETF is non-diversified and entails certain risks, which may include risks associated with the use of derivatives (such as swap agreements, futures contracts and similar instruments), imperfect benchmark correlation, leverage and market price variance, all of which can increase volatility and decrease performance.

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives are instruments, such as futures and foreign exchange forward contracts, whose value is derived from that of other assets, rates or indices.

Single currency portfolios seek to profit by investing in a single currency through the use of short - term money market instruments, cash deposits, and derivatives, such as forward currency contracts, index swaps, and options.

When he inputs a derivative used as a hedge it allows the risk associated with the price of the underlying asset to be transferred between both parties involved in the contract being traded.

Derivatives values are affected by the performance of the underlying asset or as mentioned contract.

France's prohibition on marketing to retail clients of over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivatives, such as forex, binary options and contracts for difference (CFDs), also includes sponsorship agreements, according to...

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Futures traders are traditionally placed in one of two groups: hedgers, who have an interest in the underlying asset (which could include an intangible such as an index or interest rate) and are seeking to hedge out the risk of price changes; and speculators, who seek to make a profit by predicting market moves and opening a derivative contract related to the asset «on paper», while they have no practical use for or intent to actually take or make delivery of the underlying asset.

In the absence of an actual financial market, we value these insured credit derivatives at the estimated amount that financial guaranty insurers with comparable credit ratings as us would require to assume these contracts.

As a result of our decision in February 2008 to not insure credit derivative instruments and the potential that other market participants stop insuring credit derivative contracts, coupled with the lack of exchange transactions in the current market place, it may become more difficult to obtain observable market inputs for our valuations in the future.

Gold mining company reserves in the ground should gain appreciation as the market loses confidence in «paper gold» assets as the physical gold market tightens with increased investment flows and the ratio of gold futures contracts to warehouse inventories rises punctuates the scarcity of physical gold to the amount derivative gold instruments traded on a daily basis.

The fund normally invests at least 80 % of its assets in a diversified portfolio of Fixed Income Instruments of varying maturities, which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements.

The fund's investment in derivative securities, such as financial futures and option contracts, and the fund's use of foreign currency techniques involve special risks as such may not achieve the anticipated benefits and / or may result in losses to the fund.

They don't have the analytical meanpower to deal with the complexity of one derivative swap book, much less all of them, the hedge funds, the securitizations, the CDOs, etcAt best, they could contract it out, asking the investment banks as a consortium to set up a separate company to do the analysis for the New York Fed, and the Department of the Treasury.

I have also argued that derivatives should be regulated as insurance contracts, and subject to the doctrine of insurable interest.

Derivatives are contracts whose value is «derived» from some other investment, such as a commodity, stock, bond, or currency, or an index of such investments.

When you insure long - term risks (such as mortality) or issue financial derivatives (such as interest rate swaps or contracts on the future value of the S&P 500) the risks are not easy to understand.

Purchase securities on margin, except such short - term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of securities and provided that margin deposits in connection with futures contracts, options on futures or other derivative instruments shall not constitute purchasing securities on margin.

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Business litigation includes several types of business - related claims, such as breach of contract, partner disputes, shareholder disputes, IP enforcement, employment claims, derivative actions, and more.

Finally, the economics of each trade and other details are evidenced by Trade Confirmations, which are essentially one or more contracts operating under the umbrella of the Master Agreement as modified by the Schedule and the Credit Support Annex (CSA), and which further tailor the transaction to fit the needs of the parties and the derivative product.

Mr. Hensley's litigation experience is broad in nature, encompassing such diverse practice areas as: real estate issues of almost any nature; construction defect litigation (both plaintiff and defense, representing developers, contractors, managers, subcontractors, and design professionals); federal and state securities class action / derivative defense; partnership / corporate governance issues; UCC / commercial paper / letter of credit issues; intellectual property / trade secret / unfair competition issues; wrongful termination / harassment trials; wage / hour class action defense; contract formation and interpretation issues; bankruptcy adversary proceedings; health care disputes; telecommunications issues; and debtor / creditor financing issues involving both secured and unsecured interests.

ASC Blanket Order 91 - 505 provides an exemption for the legislated definition of a futures contract under the Act that captures an OTC derivative transaction in Alberta as a trade in a security.

We have extensive experience defending class claims in antitrust, securities and derivative actions, as well as class consumer fraud, breach of warranty, contract, environmental tort and other regulatory claims against manufacturers, retailers, financial institutions and insurance carriers.

The next step is to study the data from the bitcoin futures contract as part of the build - up to what Tilly says could eventually turn into a derivatives offering on the futures contract itself.

Which agency would regulate the secondary trading of a new coin offering that serves as a reference price for a derivatives contract?

Bitcoin derivatives are assets that are sold as contracts that derive their value from the performance of the digital currency.

As the most detailed analysis to date concerning bitcoin securities and derivatives regulation, the paper argues that «financial regulators should consider exempting or excluding certain financial transactions denominated in bitcoin from the full scope of their regulations, much like private securities offerings and forward contracts are treated».

As previously reported, recent efforts to create financial products around the cryptocurrency have hit some headwinds, particularly those that involve the creation of derivatives contracts.