The last case study discussed fraud on the carbon emission market, which is probably the most disruptive type of crime on a financial market in terms of losses and propagation speed. The European Union agreed under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in the period 2008-201...
The result is that the country doesn’t end deforestation, although by mid-century the practice has been halved and the net-CO2 impact is zero as reforestation and forest management activities balance the losses still being seen. Agricultural practices do change in Archipelagos, but with the ...
The IRS offered a draft of the 1099-DA form that would be meant to figure out the taxable gains or losses when brokered digital assets change hands. The form reveals the agency will likely have an array of individual token codes that can be filled in, and it includes spaces for wallet ...
Hiscox ILS assets under management were $1.7 billion as at 31 March 2024 (31 December 2023: $1.8 billion). These decreased to $1.5 billion on 1 April 2024 after a planned capital return of $180 million, which was partially offset by new capital through our side car and the ILS fund rai...
A lot of getting on the right track with trading is about just making a ‘decision to change’. Most of the trading errors that lead to losses can be avoided by controlling yourself and sticking to your plan and rules. That is, running everything like a business. ...
which means you’d like to see implied volatility increase while you own the contract. This is why many options traders like to buy options when implied volatility is low relative to historical volatility. They’re hoping increases in implied volatility—and therefore vega—will help offset some ...
Once again, fictitious trades were used to offset real trades in order to fool the risk management systems that are designed to prevent such losses from occurring. The damage wrought by Adoboli resulted in $2.3 billion in trading losses as well as the resignation of UBS’s CEO. ...
capital of SOEs. However, compared with non-SOEs, SOEs gain more financial support. Hence, their business activities are more influenced by the government and are not sensitive to market-like environmental policies. On the contrary, non-SOEs are responsible for their own profits and losses. They...
Losses on Friday pushed all three major indices towards negative weekly closes. Nearing midday, the Nasdaq Composite is on pace to close down 1.64%. The Dow and the S&P 500 are also on pace for a negative week. The Dow is on pace to close nearly 2% lower, and the S&P is on track ...
After a series of losses I decided I had to learn how to trade properly, then have the discipline to apply the knowledge. If I could not do this, I knew that I had to give up trading completely. I was aware of the six points listed above but I had no id...