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On the recordApril 18, 2012
So it was over 10 times the limit, and in that Exhibit No. 39, which we discussed earlier, which was the list of the breaches, it indicates that on April 19 the limit was $5 million, but the projected SCP losses, if the credit spreads widened one basis point, could be $59 million.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin highlights the significant breach of risk limits in the Synthetic Credit Portfolio.

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