Derivatives allow trading of assets without owning them, useful for hedging or speculation. Leverage in derivatives can control large assets with less cash, but increases risk. Derivatives provide ...

Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from one or more underlying financial assets. Learn more about the types of derivatives and the pros and cons of investing. Financial ...

Supra-national regulator the European Securities and Market Authority has written to the European Commission to ask for a single Europe-wide definition of a derivative or derivative contract.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") recently proposed a revised version of new Rule 18f‑4 (the "Proposed Rule") under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),[1] ...