Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Lehman Australia Files Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Petition In US

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s Australian subsidiary is seeking bankruptcy protection under U.S. law and said its assets could include $1.3 billion to cover investors’ losses tied to synthetic collateralized-debt obligations.

In court papers filed Friday with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, Lehman Brothers Australia said it has $1.3 billion in claims against Lehman’s holding company for losses related to structured finance arrangements known as a synthetic collateralized-debt obligations, or CDOs.

Read the rest of the article at the Wall Street Journal

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