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Jim Bunning: For all the firms, if we had a systemic risk regulator and that regulator came to you and told you to get out of some…

On the recordJuly 14, 2009
For all the firms, if we had a systemic risk regulator and that regulator came to you and told you to get out of some positions, how would you react?
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Jim Bunning

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Questions the reaction of firms to a regulatory directive to exit positions.

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