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B of A Deathwatch: Moves Risky Derivatives from Holding Co to Taxpayer-Backstopped Depositors |
2011-10-18 |
Is there a category for Great Looters? If you have any doubt that Bank of America is in trouble, this development should settle it. IÂ’m late to this important story broken this morning by Bob Ivry of Bloomberg, but both Bill Black (who I interviewed just now) and I see this as a desperate (or at the very best, remarkably inept) move by Bank of AmericaÂ’s management. The short form via Bloomberg: Bank of America Corp. (BAC), hit by a credit downgrade last month, has moved derivatives from its Merrill Lynch unit to a subsidiary flush with insured deposits, according to people with direct knowledge of the situationÂ… Now you would expect this move to be driven by adverse selection, that it, that BofA would move its WORST derivatives, that is, the ones that were riskiest or otherwise had high collateral posting requirements, to the sub. Bill Black confirmed that even though the details were sketchy, this is precisely what took place. |
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