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Who Sank the Boat? Response to the Finance Watch paper "Investing Not Betting"

This EDHEC-Risk position paper specifically responds to a recent report by Finance Watch on regulatory proposals for commodity derivatives markets in Europe. The paper describes an alternative narrative for what caused the recent commodity price spikes and then notes what implications this narrative has for addressing Finance Watch’s µ regulatory proposals.

Author(s):

Hilary Till

Summary:

This EDHEC-Risk position paper specifically responds to a recent report by Finance Watch on regulatory proposals for commodity derivatives markets in Europe. The paper describes an alternative narrative for what caused the recent commodity price spikes and then notes what implications this narrative has for addressing Finance Watch’s µ regulatory proposals.

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Type : EDHEC Publication
Date : 06/08/2012
Keywords :

Commodities