The new index futures are "expected to provide liquid hedging vehicles for institutional investors with exposure to U.S. corporate debt."
The CFTC also said Credit Suisse submitted false or misleading information to show it was in compliance with position limit rules.
A collection of CFO.com accounting and finance articles published on August 25, 2015.
Federal regulators propose to ease up on margin requirements for end-users of swaps and permit more kinds of assets to be used as collateral.
About half of the nonfinancial companies listed on U.S. exchanges did not hedge their exposure to FX, commodity prices or interest rates last year.
While a weaker Japanese currency will lower component costs on some of Hewlett-Packard’s hardware, it will also give the computing giant’s overseas competitors a distinct pricing advantage, says HP’s CFO.
Companies are reporting an array of natural hedges for currency risk under the fair-value standard, according to a new study.
Weather-related derivatives protect companies from Mother Nature's toll on earnings.
New accounting rules could mean greater earnings volatility, whether or not you use derivatives to hedge
