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Despite the high jinks and copious drinking (or perhaps because of it), their large brains came up with a way of reducing risks for bond buyers: a bilateral contract that, for a fee, enabled investors to pass on the risk of default to another party.
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Nudging buyers toward subprime loans, or keeping mum about the risks, means more sales go through.
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It mattered little to the bank that buyers had never reviewed the prospectus in Germany detailing those risks.
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As for sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East, these cash-rich buyers do not need the kind of aggressive, short-term private-equity returns that propelled buyers like Harry Macklowe and his lenders to take outsized risks.
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Farmers who live far from markets are now able to find buyers for their crops through their Internet-connected mobile devices without assuming the risks and expenses of traveling with their goods.
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But, as in the case of buyers and sellers of houses in a neighbourhood whose fortunes are changing, these risks can be captured in the price at the time of the transaction.
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Authorities allege the ratings agency consciously understated the risks in mortgage-backed securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, defrauding buyers of such securities counting on an accurate opinion.
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In bringing in more providers, choice is increased for house buyers, and that could have a positive effect on the developers - that they would want to take more risks with their housing too.
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