Some Experts Challenge Arguments Against Tighter Trading Rules

摘要

Some market experts and consumer advocates are disputing traders' claims that increased regulation of energy futures markets would make it harder for commercial players to hedge price risk and drive trading activity overseas to less regulated markets. Wall Street banks, including prominent energy futures players like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, are using those claims to lobby hard against the Obama administration's proposals to rein in speculation in the futures markets.