Monday, November 03, 2008

Good for Nothing

From Bloomberg: Lehman Good-for-Retirement Notes Worth Pennies for UBS Clients.

UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, faces dozens of claims in the U.S. from clients who bought ``100 percent principal protected notes'' issued by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. that are now almost worthless.

Lehman's Sept. 15 bankruptcy leaves holders of the notes waiting in line with other senior unsecured creditors for what's left of their money. Notes with full principal protection are trading at 10 cents to 14 cents on the dollar, according to New York-based SecondMarket, which provides a marketplace for securities that are illiquid, or barely trade.

1 comment:

Necropraxis said...

Nothing like learning about counterparty risk the hard way.