It has been nearly four years since FASB began issuing its revised financial instruments guidance (see the sidebar, “Topic 326 Changes”). The guidance impacts all industries, not just financial ...

It's hard to believe that anyone could look back on the savings and loan crisis a generation ago and think, "Yeah, those were the good ol' days." But from a government bailout perspective, that's how ...

Financial derivatives have greatly enhanced the range of tools available for managing financial risks. Currently, derivatives are widely used to mitigate and reallocate the financial risk related to ...

CAN Capital has acquired the equipment finance portfolio and platform of Republic Bank Finance, a division of Republic Bancorp, broadening ...

While issuers can use various of types of sustainable finance instruments and structures, there is a fundamental distinction between “use of proceeds” instruments and “target-linked” instruments. Use ...

Learn about Crest Capital reviews, fees, equipment financing, products and more in the latest analysis report released ...

Lion Finance Group (formerly Bank of Georgia) has shown significant capital growth but suffers from low liquidity in its US-listed instrument, BDGSF. Illiquid instruments like BDGSF can experience ...

Does it make sense to buy insurance against, say, a nuclear attack on Washington—if all the insurance providers’ headquarters are inside the Beltway? Of course not. So why do investors buy insurance ...

In finance, a trade is an exchange of a security for "cash", typically a short-dated promise to pay in the currency of the country where the 'exchange' is located. BASICS: A financial instrument must ...

Bloomberg and Kaiko are pleased to announce the issuance of the first series of Financial Instrument Global Identifiers covering crypto assets. The Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI) is an ...

MiFID is the key European legislation that provides the basis for providing services on financial instruments in Europe. The currently ongoing revision of MiFID is an essential part of many structural ...

Malta, a Mediterranean country that wants be known as Blockchain Island, has published a “Financial Instrument Test” as it seeks to clarify questions regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs) and when a ...