Hedging Under the Volcker Rule — The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

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Excerpt: Portfolio hedges are crucial for banks to reduce overall volatility and risk. Overly restricting hedging would actually increase bank risk, the very outcome the critics themselves seek to avoid.

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