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Insurer AIG Has $7.8 Bln Q1 Loss, to Raise Capital: By Lilla Zuill NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc (AIG), the world's largest insurer, posted its largest ever quarterly loss on Thursday after writing down assets linked to subprime mortgages, and said it would raise $12.5 billion to strengthen...; Tags: Asset management, Insurance, Financial services, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, American International Group Inc., derivatives, quarterly loss, insurance company, balance sheet, dividend, CFO, asset, mortgage, analyst, risk assessment, Thomson Reuters Corp., Ne; News items 2008-05-08
Berkshire Net Off 64 Pct on derivatives: By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa)(BRKb) said on Friday that first- quarter profit tumbled 64 percent, hurt by losses tied to derivatives contracts and a steep slide in insurance premiums. Net income for the Omaha, Nebraska-based...; Tags: Financial services, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett, derivatives, Omaha, Nebraska, insurance, shareholder, Hurricane Katrina, Thomson Reuters Corp., operating profit, profit margin, stock, bond, net income, financial; News items 2008-05-02
CME Shares Savaged After Earnings Miss: By Ros Krasny CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group Inc (CME), parent of the world's largest derivatives exchange, on Tuesday posted a lower-than-expected profit on thinner profit margins, and questions about fallout from the global credit crunch helped send shares down nearly...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial Planning, CME Group Inc., New York Mercantile Exchange, derivatives, dividend, quarterly profit, New York Stock Exchange, merger, Thomson Reuters Corp., S&P 500, New York, financial, IPO, wall; News items 2008-04-22
Hartford 1st-quarter Profit Tumbles, Cuts Outlook: By Lilla Zuill NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (HIG) said on Monday that net income plunged more than 83 percent in the first quarter, in large part from losses on investments, including credit derivatives. On an operating basis, the...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial services, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., derivatives, insurance company, earnings, investment, net income, Thomson Reuters Corp., analyst, hedge fund, New York, insurance, wall, acquisition, asset, accounting, performance; News items 2008-04-28
derivatives - Futures: A futures contract is an agreement to buy (or sell) some commodity at a fixed price on a fixed date. In other words, it is a contract between two parties; the holder of the future has not only the right but also the obligation to buy (or sell) the specified...; Tags: Investment, derivatives, stock option, stock, agreement; White papers

Credit derivatives System Outsourcing: This paper is basically a case study where a system was devised to carry out the financial transactions. It was early in the year 2000 and the worldwide Internet frenzy was at its peak. It describes about a group of very successful entrepreneurs who targeted the credit derivatives market -...; Tags: Entrepreneurship, Financial services, derivatives, entrepreneur, Y2K, financial, outsourcing, Internet; Case studies
derivatives - Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model: This article reflects about Derivatives - Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. This work involved calculating a derivative to measure how the discount rate of a warrant varies with time and stock price. The result of this calculation held a striking resemblance to a well-known heat transfer equation. This is explained with...; Tags: Financial services, Investment, Christian Brothers University, derivatives, stock price, stock; White papers
An Introduction to the Hedging Greeks: This article will introduce one specific set of techniques for describing the behavioural characteristics of an options position or a portfolio of options, futures, forwards and cash.However, delta hedging is not the only way for us to make money with options. The genius of derivatives is that it allows us...; Tags: Financial services, derivatives, technique; White papers
Value-at-Risk (VaR) Analysis: This article, discusses about the derivatives "greeks", tools derivatives end-users employ to describe and to characterize the various exposures to fluctuations in financial prices inherent in a particular position or portfolio of instruments. Such a portfolio of instruments may include cash instruments, derivatives instruments, borrowing and lending. In this article,...; Tags: Financial services, derivatives, technique, analysis, financial, tool; White papers
The Real Risks of Credit derivatives: Some of the new participants in the booming market for credit derivatives may underestimate the risk they're taking on. The market is so opaque that regulators and participants alike are unsure which party actually ends up holding the bag in the event of default on loans by commercial banks and...; Tags: Financial services, McKinsey & Co., derivatives, bank, financial; White papers
Deutsche Bank Adds derivatives Functionality for Clients: Deutsche Banc is beefing up its suite of products and services offered through its Global Equities Division to include online derivatives trading analysis and risk management through Derivatives.com. The new ASP service will enable Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown global equities clients to access the Web-based product suite for theirs and...; Tags: Financial services, CMP Media, derivatives, risk management, equity, analysis, benefit; White papers
derivatives - Basics: A derivative is a financial instrument that does not constitute ownership, but a promise to convey ownership. Examples are options and futures. The simplest example is a call option on a stock. In the case of a call option, the risk is that the person who writes the call (sells...; Tags: Financial accounting, financial instrument, derivatives, financial, stock; White papers
Design Patterns for derivatives Software: This paper discusses the usage of design patterns in the domain of derivatives software. RiskMonitor is an object-oriented application to value positions in derivative products such as options on equity. In the dynamic world of derivatives, there is a constant stream of complicated new products. These new instruments have to...; Tags: Financial services, derivatives, design pattern, object-oriented, information system, equity, financial, software; White papers
derivatives Concepts A-Z: This article presents a glossary of derivatives-related terminology. It is not an exhaustive list. One of the characteristics of new financial products is the proliferation of different terms used to describe the same instrument, as each financial institution tries to brand its product name onto the financial community's awareness.; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial services, derivatives, financial, brand; White papers
Credit Risk & Derivative Products: Credit risk is a significant element of the galaxy of risks facing the derivatives dealer and the derivatives end-user. There are different grades of credit risk. The most obvious one is the risk of default. Default means that the counterparty to which one is exposed will cease to make payments...; Tags: Strategy, derivatives, risk, payment; White papers
derivatives Systems: A critical but often overlooked aspect of a competent derivatives trading operation are the computer systems used to manage the risk, account for the positions on a mark-to-market basis, track derivatives-related events (such as expiries and rollovers) and measure Value-at-Risk. In the section on hedging swaps, the report discusses some...; Tags: Financial services, derivatives, computer; White papers
What Is Hedging? Why Do Companies Hedge: This article provides overview of the different ways in which firms approach this financial price risk and it will introduce the rationale for using derivative products. While there has been a great deal of negative attention paid to derivatives in the mainstream press, the opportunities they provide make derivatives a...; Tags: Financial services, derivatives, benefit, financial; White papers
Hot in Hamburg: Hamburgische Landesbank: This case study discusses how two years ago, Hamburgische Landesbank decided to beef up its trading of complex over-the-counter derivatives. Today, although it's only the nineteenth largest German Landesbank, ranked by its assets of 74 billion at end-1999, it is one of the most active German dealers in credit derivatives....; Tags: Financial services, SunGard Data Systems Inc., derivatives, asset; Case studies
derivatives: Do They Have a Place in ERM: This article scrutinizes the importance of derivatives in the ERM. Whether or not derivates will ultimately be the financial weapons of mass destruction or will become a staple in many progressive companies' ERM program, only time will tell. One thing is certain, however: Successful financial strategies that incorporate derivatives have...; Tags: Financial services, Rough Notes Co., ERM, derivatives, financial; White papers
Capital Markets, derivatives and (Re)insurance: Capital and derivatives market are no strangers to risk, but certain features of insurance risk are atypical to those with which these markets are familiar according to the report. An underlying demand for instruments, which manage the risks associated with a volatile and increasingly global financial environment, has driven the...; Tags: Financial services, derivatives, capital market, insurance, financial; White papers