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Jack Reed: “I think it is really incumbent upon the regulators to figure out how to write a rule that allows legitimate hedging to…”

On the recordMay 21, 2012
I think it is really incumbent upon the regulators to figure out how to write a rule that allows legitimate hedging to go forward as it needs to, but it must be really, genuinely risk-mitigating hedging, and not anything people want to do called hedging.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed emphasizes the need for effective regulatory rules on hedging.

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