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Federation trumpets virtues of exchanges, defends shorting


The World Federation of Exchanges has released an open letter to the world’s financial policymakers, as political leaders meet to discuss the future of financial markets.

In the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns and wild volatility in financial markets, regulators are considering measures to move the trading of some asset classes on to exchanges – notably the $55tr credit default swap market.

However, there has been some...

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