1. Suit Puts Focus on Derivatives' Murky World.
- Author
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Mollenkamp, Carrick and Marshall, Tom
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DERIVATIVE securities , *ACTIONS & defenses (Law) , *COLLATERALIZED loan obligations , *ASSET backed financing , *LENDER liability , *BANK loans , *SECONDARY markets , *COMMERCIAL loans , *BANKING industry , *FINANCIAL services industry , *SECURITIES , *COMMERCIAL credit , *CREDIT , *FINANCIAL disclosure , *DISCLOSURE , *DISCLOSURE in accounting - Abstract
Focuses on a lawsuit by Italian Banca Popolare di Intra against the Bank of America Corporation. Claim that the bank improperly sold and managed Intra's investment; Intra's alleged losses; How Intra's resolve to get its money back casts a new light on credit derivatives; Rise of the credit-derivatives market, including collateralized debt obligations; Highlights of the case; Why disputes between issuers and financial institutions that invest in the credit derivatives rarely become public; How credit derivatives have provided an important cushion to the global economy, and to the world's biggest banks that provide much of the corporate lending; Issue of public disclosure.
- Published
- 2005