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Carbon trading unlikely to fall, say industry experts 20 Nov 2008

The steady growth trend of trading centrally cleared carbon emissions contracts is unlikely to stop, despite recent deleveraging, according to market specialists. Speaking at a commodities outlook seminar, senior executives said counterparty risk would continue to drive volumes on to exchanges.

Julian Swain, managing director at broker GFI, told reporters on November 19, that the proportion of emissions contracts processed through GFI that are centrally cleared has increased...



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