Harnessing the Power of Financial Markets for the Public Good

LINKS: DERIVATIVES & FINANCE

 

 

Organizations: Regulatory Reform

Data

Research

Journals

Magazines

Organizations

Other research

Regulation

 

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Organizations: Regulatory Reform

 

Center for Economic Policy Analysis

http://www.newschool.edu/cepa/

Center for Economic and Policy Research

http://www.cepr.net/

Centre for the Study of Globalization

            http://www.csglobalization.org/

ECLAC – Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean

http://www.eclac.org/

Economic Policy Institute

http://www.epinet.org/

Global Challenge Initiative

http://www.challengeglobalization.org

Global Development Network

http://www.gdnet.org

Institute for Development Studies

http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/global/finance/intfin.html

International Economics Network

http://www.internationaleconomics.net/

Nautilus Institute

http://www.nautilus.org/

North-South Institute

http://www.nsi-ins.ca/

OXFAM

http://www.oxfam.org

Political Economy Research Institute

http://www.umass.edu/peri/

UNCTAD – U.N. Commission on Trade and Development

http://www.unctad.org/

UN — DESA

http://www.un.org/esa

University of Texas Inequality Project

 

 

Data

 

BIS – Bank for International Settlements

http://www.bis.org

Statistics – Regular publications

http://www.bis.org/publ/regpubl.htm

CFTC – Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The key U.S. regulator of derivatives

http://www.cftc.gov

SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission

Shares some jurisdiction with CFTC on equity derivatives

http://www.sec.gov

Edgar database

http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

IMF – International Monetary Fund

        See Staff studies, FSAP program, Capital Markets Division

        http://www.imf.org

OCC, Treasury Department – Office of Comptroller of the Currency

        http://www.occ.treas.gov/

Quarterly Derivatives Fact Sheet

http://www.occ.treas.gov/deriv/deriv.htm

Federal Reserve Board Statistics and Survey and Staff studies

http://www.federalreserve.gov/rnd.htm
H15 Release – data on U.S. dollar interest rate swap rates

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/

Swaps Monitor

        The best independent source for derivatives market data and information

http://www.swapsmonitor.com/

FIA -- Futures Industry Association

http://www.fiafii.org/default.asp

CBOT – Chicago Board of Trade

http://www.cbot.com

CME – Chicago Mercantile Exchange

http://www.cme.com

NYMEX – New York Mercantile Exchange

http://www.nymex.com/ 

CBOE -- Chicago Board Options Exchange

http://www.cboe.com

Eurex – now the world’s largest derivatives exchange

http://www.eurexchange.com/

LIFFE – London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange

http://www.liffe.com/

LME – London Metal Exchange

http://www.lme.co.uk/

Blackbird – Derivatives Broker -- Derivatives Net

http://www.blackbird.net

 

 

Research

Items marked with an (*) can be reached through JSTOR

 

Journals

 

American Economic Review *

        http://www.aeaweb.org/aer/

Journal of Derivatives

        http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~sfiglews/HomeJODpage.html

Journal of Finance *

http://www.afajof.org/

Journal of Financial Economics

http://jfe.rochester.edu/

Journal of Finance and Quantitative Analysis

http://depts.washington.edu/jfqa/

NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research *

http://www.nber.org

 

Industry Magazines and Newspapers, Noteworthy

 

American Banker

http://www.americanbanker.com/PSUser/index.html

Risk Magazine

http://www.risk.net/

Derivatives Week

Newsweekly for over-the-counter derivatives traders: latest news; who's using derivatives worldwide; how and why.

http://www.derivativesweek.com/  

Derivatives Quarterly

Educates the financial professional on derivatives, explaining how and why they are used, defining the risks and benefits, and providing practical strategies and real-life applications.

Financial Times (especially articles by John Plender)

http://news.ft.com/

Financier, The

http://www.the-financier.com

Institutional Investor

http://www.iimagazine.com/

San Francisco Chronicle (good articles on employee stock options)

http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/

 

 

Research, Policy and Consulting Organizations

 

DSC – Derivatives Study Center

http://www.financialpolicy.org

American Enterprise Institute - Shadow Committee on Financial Regulation

http://www.aei.org/shdw/shdw.htm

Center for Economic Policy Analysis

http://www.newschool.edu/cepa/

Center for Economic and Policy Research

http://www.cepr.net/

Economic Policy Institute

http://www.epinet.org/

Financial Markets Center

http://www.fmcenter.org/

International Institute for Finance

http://www.iif.com/

International Treasurer – FASB 133 Website

http://fas133.com/

Kleiman Associates

http://www.kleimaninternational.com/contact.htm

Political Economy Research Institute

http://www.umass.edu/peri/

 

 

Other Derivatives Research

 

Bob Jensen’s page on FASB 133

http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/acct5341/speakers/133glosf.htm

Capital Market Risk Advisors

http://www.cmra.com

Derivatives dictionary

http://margrabe.com/Dictionary.html

National Council on Employment Opportunity -- work on employee stock options

http://www.nceo.org/library/index.html

Roubini’s website on the East Asian Financial Crisis

http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/asia/AsiaHomepage.html

 

 

Regulation

 

BIS

http://www.bis.org/publ/index.htm

CFTC – Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The key U.S. regulator of derivatives

http://www.cftc.gov

SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission

Shares some jurisdiction with CFTC on equity derivatives

http://www.sec.gov

FASB – Financial Accounting Standards Board

http://www.fasb.org/

Federal Register

Publication for all new proposed and final rules

reach through CFTC website:

http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftcfedregs.htm

reach directly through Lexis/Nexis or free from the Government Printing Office

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

LOC – Library of Congress (Thomas – search legislation)

http://thomas.loc.gov/

IMF – Staff Papers

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/pubs/per.htm

General Accounting Office (agency of the Congress)

Studies of derivatives and financial markets

http://www.gao.gov/

Futures Industry Association

http://www.fiafii.org/default.asp

National Futures Association

http://www.nfa.futures.org/

ISDA – International Swaps and Derivatives Association

http://www.isda.org