A detailed presentation of the main concepts relating to interest rate risk.

Market risk is the risk of loss related to changes in the market value of a portfolio of financial instruments.

Credit Rating Agencies are private companies whose main activity is to assess the ability of debt issuers to meet their financial commitments.

Corporate actions refer to events that occur in the life of a security: dividend payment, capital increase, takeover bid...

Effective January 2018, what are the consequences of MIF 2 for European financial markets and their players?

A securities lending is a contract by which a lender temporarily transfers a given quantity of a given security to a borrower.

A Repo refers to a transaction in which two parties simultaneously agree on two transactions: a sale of securities for cash followed by a forward repurchase on a prearranged date and price.
Author: Maltem Consulting.

An introduction to SWIFT payments and messages

The broker executes your entry and exit orders and charges a commission for this. He/she is the intermediary between you and the market.
Author: FormaTrade.

A futures contract is a standardized contract for securing or committing to a price for a specified quantity of a given commodity at a future date.