Andrew Brown
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Partner at Cardiff and London based law firm Capital Law

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The FSA's pilot scheme on interest rate hedging products - a more sophisticated approach?

(0) Comments | Posted 18 February 2013 | (12:03)

First, a little background into the interest rate swap mis selling situation is perhaps required. Interest rate swaps were initially marketed to protect against rising interest rates, and some companies are now arguing that they were not made aware of the implications of the rate going down, or...

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How the Interest Rate Swap Saga Stifled the UK Property Market

(3) Comments | Posted 31 January 2013 | (10:06)

The interest rate swap mis selling fiasco has been making financial headlines for quite some time, however little has been said about the effect these financial products have had on the property market.

Originally interest rate swaps were marketed as low cost protection against rising interest rates,...

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