"Do not ever wait for the train to derail."

March 18, 2005 12:00 am

--Gay Huey Evans, director of the Markets Division at U.K. regulator the Financial Services Authority, sounding a broad warning to derivatives dealers about the dangers of unsigned confirmations.

"Do not ever wait for the train to derail."--Gay Huey Evans, director of the Markets Division at U.K. regulator the Financial Services Authority, sounding a broad warning to derivatives dealers about the dangers of unsigned confirmations.

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