Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $550mn to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle charges that it defrauded investors over the sale of subprime mortgage products that ultimately cost its customers more than $1bn.
The allegations relate to the way the investment bank structured and marketed the collateralised debt obligation (CDO) known as Abacus 2007-AC1.Specifically, the SEC claimed that Goldman Sachs failed to disclose to potential investors the role that hedge fund Paulson & Co - which...
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