Because these assets commanded an above-market interest rate, banks had every incentive to hold onto them.
When banks wrote down the value of these assets they had to get new capital.
Some of these assets are extremely complicated: credit derivatives, collateralized debt obligations, credit defaults swaps.
These assets would also be the most essential to recovery efforts in a post-EMP environment.
These assets are in early development and have not yet advanced to proof-of-concept studies in people.
The original plan, hatched under George Bush, was that the government should buy up these assets.
Holders of these assets ranged from the world's biggest banks to retired people's money-market funds.
In January 2013, it retained Munich Innovation Group to sell, license or otherwise monetize these assets.
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The real answer, though, is that many of these assets will remain viable over the long term.
In a low-interest-rate environment, these investors are attracted by the potentially high yields offered by these assets.
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Without the equity from these assets, their various balance sheet ratios could not support any additional assets with implied risk.
As a result, the combined entity will see substantially-reduced corporate taxes going forward on account of these assets.
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Any developing mismatch in these assets and liabilities will create is either a gigantic profit or massive losses.
In addition, making these assets safer if someone does get into their room is also a good idea.
The government remains deeply reluctant to let foreigners hold, buy and sell these assets, except under tight limits.
Europe's most indebted nation has set a target to privatize 25 billion euros of these assets by 2020.
Over the past 12 months, Kodak's financial advisor, Lazard, has conducted an extensive marketing process for these assets.
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The pledging of all these assets by Greek banks is a tragedy waiting to happen to Greek savers.
"These assets were ceded in total transparency, " Martin Kabwelulu told Reuters news agency.
What distinguishes Iran is that many of these assets were given to Islamic charitable foundations, controlled by the clerics.
Against these assets, the ECB lends to Ireland, Portugal, Spain and other needy states, taking their paper in return.
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Perhaps expansion and 10-year plans are best left to those willing to acquire these assets, not those building them.
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The problem, Yingling says is that, right now, the market for a lot of these assets has become dysfunctional.
These assets include local knowledge, established credibility, and connections to organizations and individuals in local communities where USAID works.
But this implies that Berkshire recorded these assets at a value which was unrealistic, which is not the case.
What, we wondered, happened to all these assets when AWM was wound up?
Over the last decade, companies have transformed the way they perceive these assets.
Investors who believe these assets are reliable gauges of inflationary expectations are confused.
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Kramer notes these assets are most likely bonds and the underlying entity has to pay interest to the bond holder.
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