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Feb 29, 1996

Damnation or Salvation?

What every IRO should know - and be willing to explain - about derivatives, but may have been afraid to ask

With Nick Leeson serving his six-and-a-half year sentence in a Singapore jail and the catalogue of derivatives disasters continuing to grow, the investment community is taking a long, hard look at derivatives trading. Some of the mistrust of these instruments is attributable to a continued lack of understanding of their mechanics and of the positive role they serve within companies' treasury departments. And IROs have to bear some of the responsibility for that lack of understanding. Investor

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