141,000 nights
... London-style bankruptcy for hedge fund clients of Lehman is worse than a headlock, it seems; or else, it is one that goes on ... for years.
``Throwing more bodies at this doesn't solve the problem,'' said Pearson, who said he has a team of ``some dozens,'' including Lehman staff, sorting through the prime-brokerage assets, and 141,000 failed trades.
PLEASE PASS THE PANIC, UPDATE
Meanwhile, CNBC reports that various blocks of collateral from busted hedge funds may be up for sale, depressing this or that set of prices.
I'll add this stage of the liquidation and deleveraging to the chronology.
Also, this: "Investors pulled at least $43bn from US hedge funds in September as market turmoil led to unprecedented withdrawals, an analysis by" ... Trimtabs." Still, that is not even 10% of estimated industry assets ... but that's still a lot to dump on some markets.
SOUR GRAPES?
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