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Geithner: New commodities regs should not preclude hedges

07/20/2009
By Nick Snow
Over-the-counter derivative regulatory reforms should not jeopardize businesses’ efforts to manage financial risk, US Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said on July 10.“We want to preserve their capacity to participate in bilateral transactions as hedges as we increase overall protection for investors,” Geithner told a joint hearing of the US House Agriculture and Financial Services Committees.A key consideration will be whether a hedge is a standardized contract on a regulated exchange or electronic trading system, or a customized bilateral agreement, Geithner said. The Obama administration does not want to make customized derivatives illegal, but it would like the...
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