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Press Release
October 08, 2008

Board authorizes Federal Reserve Bank of New
York to borrow securities from certain regulated
U.S. insurance subsidiaries of AIG
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The Federal Reserve Board has authorized the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York to borrow securities from certain regulated U.S. insurance
subsidiaries of the American International Group (AIG), under section
13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act.
Under this program, the New York Fed will borrow up to $37.8 billion in
investment-grade, fixed-income securities from AIG in return for cash
collateral. These securities were previously lent by AIG’s insurance
company subsidiaries to third parties.
As expected, drawdowns to date under the existing $85 billion New York
Fed loan facility have been used, in part, to settle transactions with
counterparties returning these third-party securities to AIG. This new
program will allow AIG to replenish liquidity used in settling those
transactions, while providing enhanced credit protection to the New York
Fed and U.S. taxpayers in the form of a security interest in these
securities.

Last Update: October 08, 2008

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