Topic
Hedging
41 published works
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
CFTC Revision of Rule 4.5 Requires Advisers to Certain Registered Investment Companies to Register with the CFTC; CFTC Separately Proposes to Harmonize Investment Company Rules with SEC Requirements
Co-authored by Gregory E. Xethalis. Rule 4.5 Amendment. On February 9, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted final amendments to its Part 4 Rules, which set out the registration…
Pension Risk Matters
Fiduciary Duty to Hedge
Who would have thunk that a discussion about pension governance and risk management would keep audience members in their seats for nearly three hours? Yet that is what occurred on…
Corporate and Securities Law
Examples of Hedging Policies
By Jill Radloff
Corporate and Securities Law
Public Companies Will Need Special Board Approval to Enter Into Non-Cleared Swaps
The Faculty Lounge
The Demand For Islamic Derivatives Contracts
Via Reuters: “The launch of the first template for an over-the-counter Islamic derivative contract is "imminent" and will encourage more companies to hedge their risks, an executive at a bank…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
XTO Energy Hedged for Next Year
By Greg Russell
XTO Energy has hedged about 55% of its estimated 2010 production (oil and gas) at cumulative prices equivalent to $9.62 per Mcf, according to this article in the Star-Telegram. Not…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
XTO Settles $900 Million in Hedges
By Vorys
XTO Energy has settled some of its 2009 hedges in advance to reduce outstanding debt by about $900 million, according to this article in the Star Telegram. Not a bad…
The D&O Diary
Wrong-Way Bets Beget Losses and Lawsuits
One of the more distressing side effects of the recent dramatic events in the global financial markets has been the sudden and unexpected reversal of fortune on any number of…
Pension Risk Matters
Are Pension Investments Too Complicated?
According to Wall Street Journal reporter Mark Cobley ("Crunch hits complex pension investments," September 4, 2008), Liability-Driven Investing ("LDI") strategies may be creating some unexpected pain for pension funds. Touted as a…
Pension Risk Matters
SEC Short Selling Rules – Fallout for 130/30 and Hedge Funds?
Trading today may be wild as Wall Street back office staff and short sellers scramble to comply with new rules, imposed via emergency order by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…