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Indexes emerge

A flurry of carbon indexes have been launched over the past few months, reflecting improved liquidity in the emissions trading market. Dealers say these will act as a launch pad for a variety of structured products. But will they take off in a changing and uncertain market? By Ryan Davidson

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Problems have plagued the European Union emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) since its launch at the start of 2005. A sharp drop in prices in 2006 - the result of an oversupply of carbon credits - shook confidence in the integrity of the market, liquidity has struggled to reach critical mass, and there has been considerable uncertainty about the future make-up of the scheme. At the same time, there

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