Contagion - 2008

From: "Habayeb, Elias"
Sent: 09/16/2008 07:16 AM 
To: Alejandro LaTorre
Cc: "Frenkel, Dr. Jacob A." <[email protected] >
Subject: FX Settlement Failures

Alex,

  • It seems that Barclays, JPM and Deutsche Bank are holding back on the amounts they owe us under FX transactions.
  • If this continues, the amounts are in the billions. This is extremely dangerous because it impairs our ability to make payments on the other side.
  • This is the risk we were most concerned about and shared with you over the weekend.
  • I would like discuss with you soonest possible as it is cascading through the system.

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