Subprime shock waves hit Australia

Four hedge funds in Australia have banned withdrawals even though they have no subprime exposure and are not margined. They are doing it to protect themselves from a “ripple effect” from the US subprime market.

No Comments »

Trackback URI | Comments RSS

Leave a Reply



Comments subject to deletion at whim of capricious webmaster. Disagreements are ok. Flames, trolls, and right-wing attacks are not. If your comment doesn't appear immediately, then moderation is on, thus there's no need to re-send it.

(However sometimes the anti-spam programs here go awry. Email us if your comments seem to vanish into the void.)