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Posted on 05/09/07

Class-action guys see profit in subprime mess

Most people know the market for third-party asset-backed commercial paper in Canada is in trouble.But not many people outside a small knot of senior lawyers and bankers appreciate just how tenuous the situation really is, despite the Aug. 16 rescue agreement putting a 60-day standstill on $35-billion worth of non-bank asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) while lawyers figure out how to convert it to longer-term floating-rate notes.

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