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Industry Hopes & Fears

Panelist laid out their dreams and nightmares for the credit derivatives market over the next 12 months.

Panelist laid out their dreams and nightmares for the credit derivatives market over the next 12 months.

* Charles Pardue, managing partner at Prytania Group.

Dream ­ Continued growth in the range of products being offered.

Nightmare ­ Another Enron year because I don't know what problems it could bring.

* Grégoire Pesquès, deputy head of credit management at SG Asset Management.

Dream ­ A fixing for credit-default swaps.

Nightmare ­ The way people will use correlation.

* Brian Ratner, EMEA head of product management in the global structured products group at Bank of America.

Dream ­ A more active secondary market for CDOs.

Nightmare ­ A lack of understanding about the products.

* Rick Watson, head of structured finance at FGIC UK.
Dream ­ Increase in standardization and building on the positive regulatory developments, such as changes to double default rules.

Nightmare - Domestic regulators interpret the Basel accord differently and don't seek industry comment

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