Maiden Lane News

New York Fed Sells Last of Its AIG Assets, Ending Ties with Insurer

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York brought to a close another chapter in the government’s taxpayer-funded bailouts of 2008 with the sale of its remaining assets of insurer American International Group, the bank said on Thursday. The New York …

Last Loans Used to Buy AIG, Bear Stearns Assets Repaid: Fed Reserve

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday the last of its loans made to acquire risky assets from AIG and Bear Stearns during the financial crisis have been paid off with interest. The Fed bank acquired the …

Federal Reserve Plans 2 Auctions of AIG Mortgage Securities

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is planning two auctions of risky mortgage-backed securities from its Maiden Lane II portfolio next week, the bank’s website indicated Friday. The sales would be the Fed’s second and third from the portfolio …