Mini-Prime Boom

- WatersTechnology Staff
- 01 Feb 2009

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The near-collapse of Bear Stearns in March 2008 and the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September have put an intense spotlight on counterparty risk. Hedge funds that had swaps agreements with Lehman Brothers at the time of its collapse lost hundreds of millions of dollars, and some funds have spent months trying to retrieve assets that were frozen as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

To minimize the fallout should a big bank ever fail again, institutional investors are now demanding that hedge

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