Forum Post: BankofAmerica
Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 18, 2011, 6:21 p.m. EST by ForTheWinnebago
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Federal Reserve Now Backstopping $75 Trillion Of Bank Of America's Derivatives Trades
"This story from Bloomberg just hit the wires this morning. Bank of America is shifting derivatives in its Merrill investment banking unit to its depository arm, which has access to the Fed discount window and is protected by the FDIC.
This means that the investment bank's European derivatives exposure is now backstopped by U.S. taxpayers. Bank of America didn't get regulatory approval to do this, they just did it at the request of frightened counterparties. Now the Fed and the FDIC are fighting as to whether this was sound. The Fed wants to "give relief" to the bank holding company, which is under heavy pressure..."
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