Agosto 23, 2009:
- Switzerland, which sold its 9 per cent UBS stake for a SFr1.2bn ($1.1bn) gain last week.
- US government, by contrast, is sitting on a paper profit of almost $11bn on its 34 per cent shareholding in Citigroup
--> The government said it had earned an annualised return of 23 per cent from its $10bn investment in Goldman Sachs under Tarp. In June, Goldman returned the $10bn and later paid another $1.1bn to buy back warrants attached to Tarp aid. Morgan Stanley, American Express and other banks have done the same, leaving taxpayers with substantial profits.
- The UK is still sitting on the biggest losses – about £3.3bn ($5.5bn) – relating to the government’s 43 and 70 per cent stakes in Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland respectively.
- Germany 25 per cent stake in Commerzbank’s common equity is now worth only 2 per cent less than the €1.8bn ($2.6bn) the German government paid for it.
Fuente: Financial Times Aug. 23