Congo Launches State Cobalt Company With Trafigura Financing – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — A Democratic Republic of Congo state-owned company with monopoly rights to the purchase and sale of the country’s hand-mined cobalt announced the start of operations Wednesday. Entreprise Generale du Cobalt will sell cobalt hydroxide under a five-year deal with trading house Trafigura Group, which also will provide financing for the Congolese company. Congo […]
Crypto derivatives exchange Deribit launches index for implied bitcoin volatility – The Block Crypto
Options exchange Deribit has launched a new index product focused on bitcoin volatility. Unveiled Wednesday, the Bitcoin Volatility Index, or DVOL, was debuted “with the purpose to launch futures on this index soon.” Put simply, such futures would allow traders to place bets on the volatility performance of the bitcoin market. “This index uses the […]
Should You Invest in Derivatives? – International Banker
By Samantha Barnes, International Banker This article was originally published in the Winter/February 2021 edition of International Banker “We view them as time bombs for the parties that deal in them and the economic system. In our view, derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying dangers that, while now latent, are potentially lethal.” That […]
Singapore banks to stop issuing Sibor-linked loans, SOR derivatives by September – The Straits Times
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Financial institutions will have to cease issuing Sibor-linked financial products and Swap Offer Rate (SOR) derivatives by the end of September this year. The freshly announced timeline is to further push the industry towards the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (Sora) as the main interest rate benchmark. On Wednesday (March 31), […]
One-Tenth of a Bitcoin: Derivatives Giant CME Group to Launch Micro BTC Futures Contract – Bitcoin News – Bitcoin News
The American global markets company Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) has announced the launch of a new bitcoin futures product on May 3, 2021, if U.S. regulators approve the product. The new contract is a micro bitcoin futures product that represents 0.1 bitcoin rather than CME’s other contract that equals five bitcoin. The smaller contract […]
Don’t let events such as covid pandemic ruin your finances – Mint
The pandemic, however, imparted some key lessons on the importance of following basic financial planning principles—create an emergency fund, get adequate health and life insurance, remain invested, irrespective of market volatility, and avoid borrowing to fund your lifestyle. The sales of health and life insurance policies and individuals opting for moratorium despite the additional costs […]
