Elmer Heinel, whose appearance in June as a mystery middleman triggered the controversy over Northampton County’s swaption, was among those who urged state lawmakers to legalize swaptions. Heinel ...

Almost seven years after Northampton County Council took a gamble with a risky refinancing deal called a swaption, the current members are trying to decide when to fold. The amount needed to buy out ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). A call swaption gives the holder the right to enter a swap agreement as a ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tradeweb Markets, a leading electronic trading platform for rates, credit, equities and money markets, today announced that it completed the industry’s first fully ...

An increased use of swaptions may help upstream oil and gas producers weather lower natural gas prices, but they present financial reporting challenges. Lower natural gas prices are causing E&P ...

Northampton County Council is trying to put its troublesome 2004 swaption in the rear view for good, but a British banking scandal may keep it in sight for some time to come. County Executive John ...

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Institutional clients on Tradeweb’s Swap Execution Facility (SEF) can now request and receive a two-way market for swaps and swaptions in one single electronic quote via the new protocol. Tradeweb ...

A swap is an agreement that allows users to exchange the cash flows or liabilities from two different financial instruments. An option is a derivative that gives the buyer, also called the option ...