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Credit default swaps akin to licensed murder, Soros says


George Soros, the hedge fund investor, writer and philanthropist, has called for greater regulatory oversight of the derivatives markets, adding that credit default swaps should be banned.

“They are toxic... it’s supposed to be insurance, but it’s like selling insurance on someone’s life to someone else and giving them a gun,” he said yesterday (December 9).

Soros was speaking during a debate organised by the London School of...

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