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CDS exchange proposal - we have been here before

Published: April 7 2008 03:00 | Last updated: April 7 2008 03:00

From Prof Perry Mehrling.

Sir, George Soros ("The false belief at the heart of the financial turmoil", April 3) suggests establishing a credit default swaps clearing house or exchange as an institutional mechanism for reducing counterparty risk in this $45,000bn (notional) market. We have been here before also.

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