On December 4, 2023, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced that they were seeking public comment on proposed guidance for the listing of voluntary carbon credit (“VCC”) ...

German credit institutions DZ Bank and BayernLB have traded an over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivative as a digital smart derivative contract (SDC), the first time this has been completed ...

Derivatives trading offers tools for hedging and speculation in financial markets. Learn key differences and strategies for ...

A derivative is a financial instrument that gains value from the performance or price of an underlying asset, such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, and indices. It is set between two or more ...

Leashing the wild bull: On October 3, the BSE announced the discontinuation of weekly index derivatives contracts on the SENSEX 50 from November 14, and on the BANKEX from November 18. This decision ...

Ben is the former Retirement and Investing Editor for Forbes Advisor. With two decades of business and finance journalism experience, Ben has covered breaking market news, written on equity markets ...

On September 20, 2024, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced that it had approved final guidance (the “Final Guidance”) for designated contract markets (“DCMs”) that list ...