高盛为美国国际集团抵押品定价做辩护。
银行向美国国际集团这样的保险公司支付费用,由后者为其承担自身资产违约的风险,此举使得银行不用按照规制的要求储备部分资本。
Banks paid insurers such as AIG to take on the risk that their assets would default, which saved them having to put capital aside as the regulations required.
诚然,美国的美国国际集团(aig)在扩展进入为抵押债券提供保险的业务后陷入严重麻烦,除aig外瑞士再保险(Swiss Re)是唯一涉猎此利基的公司。
Admittedly, America's AIG got into serious trouble after expanding into the business of insuring mortgage bonds, but Swiss Re was the only other company to dabble in this dangerous niche.
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