"If you think of what the market wants and what the regulators want, the market always wins. Just think of the regulation of cocaine in this country."

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"If you think of what the market wants and what the regulators want, the market always wins. Just think of the regulation of cocaine in this country."

--Simon Gleeson, partner at Clifford Chance in London, downplaying fears that regulation will sound a death knell for the derivatives industry.

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