When there is no transparency there is a much greater chance of risk. While U.S. bank exposure to European sovereign debt is minimal it is the derivatives traded and owned that can bring down the banks.
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I don’t get it, why are CDS allowed to be off balance sheets? Or anything for that matter?
To hide the truth. Some is mark to market, some isn’t, now people don’t know how much de-leveraging is done.