Episode 5: 2021: Benchmarks, Biden and Brexit

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After a year that saw a global pandemic, a US election and ongoing negotiations over a post-Brexit trade deal between the EU and UK, what does 2021 have in store? How will Brexit, LIBOR reform and a Biden administration affect derivatives markets? D. E. Shaw’s Darcy Bradbury and Société Générale’s Eric Litvack give their views.

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