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...
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...
FIX Protocol Training
As I promised, another one day FIX workshop will be conducted on Feb 15 '09. This is going to be one day course from...
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...
Financial Markets & Products – Introduction
One day workshop
Covers fundamental elements of Financial markets and products. Topics like:
Overview of Financial markets
Players and Structure of Financial markets
Buy Side Firms
...
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...
What is the difference between Non-deliverable Forward and Forward?
Its a bit confusing. Here are the key points:
In simple Forward, underlying notional currencies are exchanged. Where as in Non-deliverable Forward (NDF), there...
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...
Risk USA 2016 – Risk Data Challenges & Big Data Platform Solution
It was nice meeting great people at Risk USA - 2016 in New York. It was a good learning experience presenting - "Challenges of...
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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....
