Friday, August 3, 2007

Germany faces political pressure over IKB exposure

(Reuters) - KfW, which generally funds development projects, owns 38
percent of IKB and pledged earlier this week to take
responsibility for an 8 billion euro guarantee
given by the troubled lender for now uncertain U.S. investments.




The plan to use state funds to support a bank that got into
trouble by investing in the U.S. subprime mortgage market has
drawn criticism from opposition politicians and a senior finance
policy figure in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.


Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News

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