It provides execution and clearing services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative products as well as for non-derivative foreign exchange products and securities in the cash market.
Equity swaps, if effectively used, can make investment barriers vanish and help an investor create leverage similar to those seen in derivative products.
In modern (financial) markets, producers of interest rate swaps or equity derivative products will use financial futures or equity index futures to reduce or remove the risk on the swap.