What Is an Over-the-Counter (OTC) Derivative? An over-the-counter (OTC) derivative is a financial contract that does not trade on an asset exchange, and which can be tailored to each party's needs. A ...

Earlier this week, a Financial Stability Board (FSB) report on implementation of the reforms to OTC derivatives markets agreed by the G20 suggested that while FSB member jurisdictions have made ‘good ...

The current COVID-19 pandemic has already impacted many derivatives transactions. This note sets out a checklist of key legal issues market participants may need to consider in relation to OTC ...

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are derivatives executed and settled bilaterally with counterparties without the use of an organized exchange or central clearing house. OTC contracts are the ...

The current COVID-19 pandemic has led to huge disruption in financial markets and larger collateral swings. This note sets out some issues market participants may need to consider in relation to ...

The vast majority — more than 97% — of derivative holdings and trading activity in the US banking community is concentrated among a small group of large, global systemically important banks (G-SIBs).

Over-the-counter (OTC) markets make up a significant amount of the trade volume outside of traditional exchanges. It’s within the OTC market that unlisted securities change hands and derivatives ...

Nasdaq Nordic offers clearing of interest rate swaps and overnight index swaps and forward rate agreements. We are authorized by ESMA to offer clearing services related to OTC interest rate ...

OTC options are customized, exotic derivatives traded off-exchange in private deals. Discover their differences from standard ...

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 ...

Plans by the London Stock Exchange to open a trade repository for OTC derivatives suggest intensifying competition between infrastructure providers ahead of new swap clearing requirements, but ...