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Back offices feeling the strain of credit crisis trading boom

By Stacy-Marie Ishmael

Published: August 14 2007 03:00 | Last updated: August 14 2007 03:00

The back offices of investment banks are struggling to cope with the recent surge in trading volumes in credit derivatives as investors sought protection designed to hedge against risk.

As voltatility rattled global credit markets throughout August, staff at investment banks across Europe and the US have been scrambling to keep on top of the requisite paper work, which is piling up in back offices.

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