Sentences with phrase «on derivatives contracts»

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Last month, Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire chairman of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote an open letter to CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, arguing that bitcoin's large price swings mean its futures contracts shouldn't be allowed on platforms that clear other derivatives.
«Depending on the structure of these derivative deals, errors or misconceptions in valuation could be amplified — whether through leverage or simply contracts built on faulty valuations.»
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.
On January 18, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), a pan-EU financial regulator, announced the beginning of a consultation period during which it will consider possible restrictions on cryptocurrency derivatives, specifically contracts for difference (CFDsOn January 18, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), a pan-EU financial regulator, announced the beginning of a consultation period during which it will consider possible restrictions on cryptocurrency derivatives, specifically contracts for difference (CFDson cryptocurrency derivatives, specifically contracts for difference (CFDs).
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.
Building a technology platform to bring a combination of trust minimised trade, decentralised contract execution, on - chain derivatives and asset backed token issuance to public blockchains.
Nick Leeson was employed by Barings to profit from low risk arbitrage opportunities between derivatives contracts on the Singapore Mercantile Exchange and Japan's Osaka Exchange.
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 are contracts based on an underlying asset affected by future events.
A publicly traded company since 2005, ICE (NYSE: ICE) lists more than 12,000 derivatives and securities contracts on its markets.
Many derivative contracts are based on them, as are most asset - backed securities.
EnergyMatch Europe Built on Trayport's technology, EnergyMatch Europe is a leading electronic energy trading platform that combines market leading technology with GFI's deep pool of liquidity in both derivative and physical energy contracts.
Additionally, markets based on contracts, including certain financial derivatives markets, lack transparency, which complicates regulation.
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.
On Friday, the Futures Industry Association (FIA) issued a stern statement to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that its members were concerned about the derivatives contract.
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.
The international derivatives markets of Eurex Group, owned by Deutsche Börse, traded an average of 10.2 million contracts daily in September, of which 7.5 million were Eurex Exchange contracts and 2.7 million were contracts traded on the International Securities Exchange (ISE).
In November, Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire chairman of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote an open letter to CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, arguing that bitcoin's large price swings mean its futures contracts shouldn't be allowed on platforms that clear other derivatives.
Nearly two years after the U.S. CFTC first granted bitcoin startup LedgerX temporary registration as a swap execution facility, the regulator on Monday approved the company's landmark application to clear and settle fully - collateralized derivative contracts for digital currencies.
On this account, natural law is derivative from the right of nature, in the sense that the former consists in general precepts with which reason counsels the pursuit of self - preservation, and the social contract is based solely on those preceptOn this account, natural law is derivative from the right of nature, in the sense that the former consists in general precepts with which reason counsels the pursuit of self - preservation, and the social contract is based solely on those precepton those precepts.
RBT contracted Medicus Research, the premier contract research organization for the Dietary Supplement, Functional Foods and Botanical Drug industries, to perform a comprehensive analysis of independent studies conducted on behalf of RBT to substantiate numerous important health claims for its proprietary and process patented rice bran derivatives and products.
But Astorino said Cuomo hasn't been forthcoming enough when it comes to his book contract — which the governor revealed in a financial disclosure form is worth more than $ 700,000 — saying that he should provide more information on derivatives he's receiving from the memoir deal.
Victoria Strauss on Writer Beaware Contract Red Flag Alert: Perpetual License for Derivative Rights «SFWA's Contracts Committee has recently been seeing a proliferation of contracts from small magazines, and a very few established markets, that license all derivative rights in perpetuiDerivative Rights «SFWA's Contracts Committee has recently been seeing a proliferation of contracts from small magazines, and a very few established markets, that license all derivative rights in perpetuitContracts Committee has recently been seeing a proliferation of contracts from small magazines, and a very few established markets, that license all derivative rights in perpetuitcontracts from small magazines, and a very few established markets, that license all derivative rights in perpetuiderivative rights in perpetuity.»
The value of a derivative depends on the value of its underlying asset, thus by predicting the future price of the asset, the future price of the derivative contract can be judged and traded on.
The federal budget on March 21 included a proposal to put an end to investment funds that «seek to reduce tax by converting, through the use of derivative contracts, the returns on an investment that would have the character of ordinary income to capital gains.»
There are three main kinds of derivatives on the commodities market — contracts made between two or more parties who agree on the value of the underlying asset: futures and forwards, options and OTC products.
Options on Futures - The purchase or sale of derivative instruments that grant the trader the right, but not the obligation to execute a trade on underlying futures contracts.
Managed futures in the derivatives category works very much like commodities in the sense that these funds typically hold long or short positions on futures contracts but aren't limited to just commodities.
Speculators also use forward contracts to make bets on price movements of the underlying asset derivative.
«Counterparty risk» refers to the risk that the party on the other side of the derivative trade (e.g. insurance) can not pay the claims they contracted to cover.
Managed futuresFutures A derivative contract that commits you to buy or sell a commodity, currency or stock market index at a set price on a set date in the future.
Beyond that, on page 98, if you don't know how to value a derivative contract, you will not be able to trade it properly.
China could queer global trade by asserting that entities in China could default on obligations from derivative contracts and not worry about it.
The value of a derivative contract depends on, or is derived from, the price of another financial asset.
Trading options, futures contracts and other derivative financial instruments, and some over-the-counter securities entail credit and settlement risk on the counterparties.
This would prevent the unintended consequences of having multiples of protection written on a given risk, where a weak party like AIG is incapable of making good on all of the derivative contracts that they have written, which could lead to its own systemic risk if other derivative counterparties can't absorb the losses.
Counterparty risk may be lower with synthetic ETFs traded on the AQUA market, as Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) requirements restrict the aggregate money owing under derivatives contracts (counterparty exposure).
Our yearend liability for this exposure was recorded at $ 1.8 billion and is included in «Derivative Contract Liabilities» on our balance sheet.
This derivative based product is based on an underlying asset and your contract is with your broker.
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...
A CFD (contract for difference) is a popular type of derivative product that gives traders the ability to speculate on, or hedge on movements in the underlying equity indices and commodities without the need to physically own those assets.
MBIA issues insurance policies insuring payments due on structured credit derivative contracts and directly enters into credit derivative contracts, which are marked - to - market through earnings under the requirements of SFAS 133.
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.
Since there are no active market transactions in our exposures, we generally use vendor - developed and proprietary models, depending on the type and structure of the contract, to estimate the fair value of our derivative contracts.
See «Note 6: Derivative Instruments» for further detail on the model and inputs used to estimate the fair value of these contracts.
Many long - term derivative contracts are based on credit ratings, and they would have to be re-valued.
A related derivative is an exchange - traded bond futures option, in which the underlying security is a futures contract on a bond, such as a Treasury bond future, rather than the bond itself.
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.
Futures contracts are financial derivatives with values based on an underlying asset.
Many bond funds employ derivatives, which are contracts that allow investors to bet on the future path of interest rates.
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