One Year Ago In The Credit Markets - December 17, 2007

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One Year Ago In The Credit Markets - December 17, 2007

December 14, 2007 12:00 am

The Loan Syndications and Trading Association held a meeting to discuss setting up formal guidelines for the total return swap market, which was then described as the "wild west of the loan market."

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