What is Factored Notional
When CDX is initiated it includes a set of reference entities (constituents or names) and notional amount which is a total protection. Each underlying...
2011 Risk Magazine Technology Rankings are out
As every year, for 2011, Risk magazine has released technolgoy rankings of derivatives and risk management products. Accordings to Risk magazine, it received 821...
Credit Default Swaps – The Big Picture
I recently posted my "Credit Default Swaps - The Big Picture" presentation for download. It was prepared to introduce Credit Default Swap instruments and...
Fixed Income Market Analysis
FIXED INCOME MARKET ANALYSIS
4 Full Days
Comprehensive course on Fixed Income Markets. This course is
designed for professionals working in Capital Markets Technology and related areas
to...
Capital Markets & Equities
4 Day Course
This Course is for technology professional working in or planning to work in any Securities business domain. This course covers the list of...
Fixed Income Trading System Architecture
As part of the Application Architecture training sessions, this is a first session exploring the flow of Fixed Income Products Trading, System Architecture, Technology...
Ticker Symbol of Stocks, Options and Futures – The story behind them.
The Ticker Symbol is a common identifier used in financial marktes to identify all trading instruments. The ticker symbols are fromed using certain methods. Knowing...
Securities Identification Codes: SYMBOL, CUSIP, ISIN, SEDOL, RIC Code
I have been thinking of gettting some details of all the security codes together from a while. In this article I have explained some...
My FIX Protocol Videos on YouTube, finally!
Finally, I could post my FIX Protocol introduction videos on YouTube. The video is in 4 parts each around 7-10 min long. I tried...
Market Data – Ticks – Uptick – Downtick
I just wanted to clarify few basic terms that are used very often to indicate market movements.
Plustick/Uptick
Security is Trading at higher than the...
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Credit event
An event that leads to a diminished market value for a reference obligation (corporate debt security or loan) other than market interest rates.
Cash flows of credit derivatives
It includes payments associated with initial settlement, periodic premium or coupon payments, termination fee, credit settlement
Course on Derivatives Life Cycle for Boursa Kuwait
Last week and half, I was in Kuwait. It was a great experience conducting a training at Boursa Kuwait. We had a good blend...
Event Mapping between Internal Systems and FpML for Regulatory Reporting
The introduction of open protocols almost two decades ago changed the face of communication among financial institutions. The first one was FIX protocol. Although...
How soon Smart Contracts will disrupt Derivatives Market?
We all experienced the excitement and the hype of the Bitcoin explosion. Prices went up, and prices went down; it was a manic moment....
