Showing posts with label Financial Times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Financial Times. Show all posts

Monday, August 25, 2008

KDB warned against buying Lehman Brothers

Korea Development Bank has been warned by South Korea's financial regulator on buying stake in Lehman Brothers. source FT.com
I had mentioned about trouble in which Lehman brothers is in my blog on 24th June 2008.
Reason can be many for LB. As per Financial times, Lehman is considering a variety of options to raise cash before its mid-September earnings report, which analysts expect to include writedowns of up to $4bn. The possibilities include a sale of a stake in Lehman itself or the sale of all or part of its asset-management arm or its commercial real estate portfolio.