International rules designed to bring transparency to the opaque derivatives market could backfire by imposing heavy costs on pension funds and force them to abandon hedging strategies, the industry's trade body warns.
The National Association of Pension Funds urged authorities to exempt pension funds from initial margin requirements - where derivatives users are forced to post collateral in the form of cash and ...
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