Rumor: Citibank and Lehman tops exposure in Carlyle Fund

Posted by Drizzt
March 14, 2008

Broker’s trading exposures to Carlyle Capital’s soon to be defaulted fund — rumored to be leveraged at an astonishing 32 X! — has been the big question circulating street desks today.

Here’s one set of numbers currently circulating on the potential exposure (analyst unknown):

-Citibank (C)  $4.7B
-Lehman (LEH)  $3B
-BoA  (BAC) $2B
-UBS  $1.8B
-Bear Stearns (BSC) $1.7B
-ING $1.5B
-JPMorgan (JPM)  $1.4B
-Calyon $1.3B
-Merrill Lynch (MER)  $760m
-BN Paribas  $600m
-Credit Suisse   $500m

These are rumors. So please use them as such.

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