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The Big Brokers Blew It. They Should Bear the Cost.
By Anne Thompson
Created 04/06/2008 - 7:06pm

Commentary Source: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040403218.... [1]
Byline: 
William D. Cohan
Summary: 

Once upon a time on Wall Street, in the days when investment banks were small private partnerships, a simple but ingenious idea kept bankers and traders accountable for their actions: the collective-liability clauses in their partnership agreements. A mistaken trade here or bad advice there, and all the partners suffered.

Once upon a time on Wall Street, in the days when investment banks were small private partnerships, a simple but ingenious idea kept bankers and traders accountable for their actions: the collective-liability clauses in their partnership agreements. A mistaken trade here or bad advice there, and all the partners suffered.

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