Cross Border

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Lehman Brothers UK

Cross BorderFinancial Crisis2008

Lehman Brothers International Europe, the European arm of Lehman Brothers, entered administration on...

Lehman Crisis Contagion

Cross BorderFinancial Crisis2008

The Lehman bankruptcy triggered global contagion. Money market funds broke the buck as the Reserve P...

Fortis

Cross BorderFinancial Crisis2008

Fortis, a Benelux banking and insurance group, was broken up and nationalized in September 2008. For...

Hypo Real Estate

Cross BorderFinancial Crisis2008

Hypo Real Estate, Germanys second largest commercial property lender, collapsed in September 2008. H...

UBS Subprime

Cross BorderFinancial Crisis2008

UBS lost approximately 50 billion on US subprime mortgage investments. The Swiss bank had been the l...

HBOS

Cross BorderFinancial Crisis2008

HBOS, formed from the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland, was rescued through acquisition by Llo...