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Obama victory will bring change to derivatives


The election of Democratic senator Barack Obama as the next US president on Tuesday November 4 has set the gears of change in motion, even in the derivatives industry.

The new administration is likely to usher in a fresh line-up of senior overseers, including a new chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and chairs of the critical House and Senate committees which oversee the market.

While Obama does not...

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