Market liberalisation and growing pressures to manage risk more effectively are opening up new markets and new areas for risk management instruments such as derivatives (e.g. weather, insurance, property, emissions). At the same time, investors are also looking to leveraged transactions and investment to enhance profitability (e.g. spread betting, hedge funds, derivatives). Are the risks outweighing the benefits?
Chairman:
Desmond Fitzgerald, Chairman and Chief Executive, Equitable House Investments Ltd Speakers:
Sharon Brown-Hruska, Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Robert Hartnett, Chief Executive Officer, BETDAQ
Joseph Linhares, Director of Institutional Sales, Barclays Global Investors
Ian Reid, Chief Executive, Protego Real Estate
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