Sunday 05th of February 2012

Goldman Helped Push A.I.G. to Precipice PDF Print E-mail

GRETCHEN MORGENSON and LOUISE STORY write February 7 in the New York Times:

Billions of dollars were at stake when 21 executives of Goldman Sachs and the American International Group convened a conference call on Jan. 28, 2008, to try to resolve a rancorous dispute that had been escalating for months.

A.I.G. had long insured complex mortgage securities owned by Goldman and other firms against possible defaults. With the housing crisis deepening, A.I.G., once the world’s biggest insurer, had already paid Goldman $2 billion to cover losses the bank said it might suffer.

A.I.G. executives wanted some of its money back, insisting that Goldman — like a homeowner overestimating the damages in a storm to get a bigger insurance payment — had inflated the potential losses. Goldman countered that it was owed even more, while also resisting consulting with third parties to help estimate a value for the securities.

To read more, click this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/business/07goldman.html?emc=eta1
 

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