The bankruptcy of Lehman Bros. and the credit-rating downgrade of AIG renewed calls for a central clearinghouse for credit derivatives. The collapse of Lehman potentially leaves trading partners with billions in losses. "The fact that I can't tell you the notional value of derivatives contracts Lehman has written the day after a bankruptcy is a scary thing," said Brian Yelvington, a strategist at CreditSights.
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