A hedging transaction involves an investor's strategic position to mitigate the risk of loss by offsetting another investment. Learn more about risk management strategies.

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence in the credit-default swaps market may be undermined by the European Union's plan to resolve the euro region's sovereign debt crisis. The EU said yesterday that it ...

On March 20, the London financial futures and options exchange, Liffe, introduced a new product called Swapnote. This swap futures contract, the first of its kind, is referenced against the European ...

Hedge funds and wind-farm companies are doing battle in an opaque corner of financial markets. The trade is centered on a gap between deliverable and non-deliverable 10-year Taiwan dollar interest ...

As a result of the shift from LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Finance Rate (SOFR), borrowers who use interest rate swaps or options to manage interest rate risk may be asked to pay extra to maintain a ...

This report looks at oil and gas hedges, with a focus on swaps. Swaps essentially give producers a fixed price for a certain proportion of their production. Creditors often insist on producers hedging ...

A widening move in dollar swap spreads is starting to accelerate again, as strategists at top US banks pile back into long recommendations. Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Citibank have all touted the ...

Credit default swaps (CDSs) provide protection for investors in the event that the borrower defaults on their debt or loan. They can play a pivotal part in financial and investment industries, as they ...