From Zerohedge: With French banks now a daily highlight in the market's search for the next source of contagion, and big, multi-syllable words such as conservatorship and nationalization being thrown about with increasingly reckless abandon, perhaps it is time to consider the downstream effects of a French bank blow up. And we are not talking French sovereign troubles, which are about to get far worse with the country's CDS once again at record highs means the country's AAA rating is as good as gone.
No: banks, as in those entities that are completely locked out from the dollar funding market, and which will be toppled following a few major redemption requests in native USD currency. Which in turn brings us to...
Morgan Stanley, the little bank that everyone continues to ignore for assumptions of a pristine balance sheet and no mortgage exposure. Well, hopefully we can debunk one of these assumptions by presenting...
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Now They're Saying The UBS Trader's Supposed Fraud Started October 1 2008
From the Wall St Journal: As British prosecutors expanded the charges against alleged UBS AG rogue trader Kweku Adoboli, the Swiss bank's board was preparing to examine the first report on how the 31-year-old is alleged to have racked up $2.3 billion in losses.
The board, meeting in Singapore, may also discuss whether to demand the resignations of Chief Executive Officer Oswald Grübel, as well as Carsten Kengeter, chief of its investment bank, according to a person familiar with the situation. The results of UBS's initial investigation could influence the board's decision, this person said…
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