The consultation paper aims to clarify the classifications of derivatives and provide a consistent approach for entities operating across the EU. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ...

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.

Market participants have advised Europe’s securities watchdog to keep the specifications for deciding which OTC derivatives can be cleared as broad as possible to avoid circumvention of new ...

The derivatives market doesn’t deal with fungible assets. Instead, it’s a secondary market focused on the volatility of capital markets and assets. As the name implies, the financial products traded ...

On occasion, it is important to revisit issues that have been swept under the rug or simply overlooked. For most people, the derivatives market falls into this category, partly because they don't ...