Derivatives 'fixing' to spur growth
Financial Times - March 23, 2005
The launch of fixings in the credit derivatives market marks a "coming of age" in the fastest-growing area of
the derivatives markets, according to this article. The story discusses the importance of fixings and the fact that it can
give investors "reassurance" about the prices they are being quoted. The story describes the process of how the
fixings are set and calculated and cites the www.creditfixings.com website as the source of this price information. The story
indicates that one of the future aims is for the fixings to "become the basis for pricing new bond issues."
