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Earlier this year, a hedge fund structured two trades worth $642 million, reminiscent of pre-2008 crisis transactions. Bayview Asset Management sold credit default swaps (CDS) to Huntington (HBAN) and ...

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For far too long, brokers have been selling their older clients complex investments known as structured products. These products are so risky, and so costly in fees, that some of them are almost sure ...