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More Events Regarding Derivatives

The headlines buried how AIG has more massive potential losses on their CDS portfolios.

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According to AIG, the risk factor includes a super senior CDS portfolio with a net notional amount of $192.6 billion of AIG Financial Products Corp. and AIG Trading Group Inc. and their respective subsidiaries, collectively known as AIGFP, as of March 31, 2009. The portfolio represented derivatives written for financial institutions, principally in Europe, for the purpose of providing regulatory capital relief rather than for arbitrage purposes. The fair value of the derivative liability for these CDS transactions was $393 million at March 31, 2009.