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Guest Post: What Do Pensions Have in Common with AIG? 
naked capitalism | by Leo Kolivakis(noreply@blogger.com) | Mon, Mar 16
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Because AIG and other big financial institutions claimed that credit default swaps were not insurance but a form of financial security like a stock or a bond, they were not required by regulators to put aside reserves against losses.
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