NYT: Wall Street tries bundling life insurance

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Business  Sun, 09/06/2009 - 02:52

After the mortgage business imploded last year, investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money. They think they may have found one: bundling life insurance policies.


 

Related items

NYT: Bank meltdown changes little on Wall St.
Wall Street lives on. One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the surprise is not how much has changed in the financial industry, but how little.

More Innovation from Wall Street: Securitized...
excerpt: ""The geniuses of Wall Street have decided that the next big thing is betting on death. Yes, Wall Street will be rooting for sick people to die right away, at least as soon as the...

New Exotic Investments Emerging on Wall Street
Wall Street bankers plan to buy life insurance policies that ill and elderly people sell for cash and package hundreds or thousands of them together into bonds.

Samsung SCX-4200 3-in-1 True Multifunction Printer
The SCX-4200 Digital Productivity Center is a low cost black and white laser printer, delivering 3 in 1 true multifunction performance with professional laser output.Keep your valuable real...

BlueAnt UNOTPBAX53 X5 Bluetooth Stereo Headphone...
The X5 Stereo Bluetooth Headset is a portable multi-function device utilizing the latest cutting edge technologies allowing you to stream high quality music and make voice calls using a...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please help fight spam.
business.marc8.com