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 ...

Short-term bonds can offer the investor an ideal way to mitigate credit risk via an investment-grade focus while also reducing the rate risk that longer-term bond offerings can carry. That said, ...

Daniel M. Machnik is the owner of Willis & Machnik Financial Services, an affiliate of Avantax Wealth Management. “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry,” or so we’ve been told. Part of ...

While not all landlords prefer—or are able—to lease their commercial properties exclusively to large, creditworthy “national” tenants, these tenants are attractive due to their strong financial ...

Over the past several years, there has been a steady march toward financial integration across product lines among larger financial firms. The trend is in part due to the increasing globalization of ...

Emerging issues under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, Regulation E, and the UCC As banks, fintech companies, and payment processors continue to innovate and partner on payment and wallet solutions, ...

A research group has proposed to hedge default risk in the utility-scale PV business by adopting credit default swaps. The new methodology was tested through a series of Montecarlo simulations and ...

The EBA/2021/02 guidelines on customer due diligence have changed. With this in mind, what are the factors credit and financial institutions should consider when assessing the money laundering and ...