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Citigroup Citigroup Inc. has reportedly lost more than
$700 million in credit business in recent weeks, placing the world's
biggest financial services firm high on the list of casualties from the
market-roiling credit crunch.
The losses are not a serious issue for a bank that pocketed more than
$20 billion last year. The red ink, however, will be embarrassing for
Citigroup's (C :
Citigroup, Inc
Chairman and CEO Chuck Prince, undermining his efforts to restore
investor confidence, according to a report from the Financial Times on
Saturday.
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Prince told the FT last month that the lending party would end, but with
so much liquidity that it wouldn't be disrupted by the U.S. subprime
mortgage turmoil.
The losses, which are in addition to those Citi faces from lending
commitments to leveraged buyouts, were incurred mostly in the structured
credit business run by Michael Raynes, who came over from Deutsche Bank
in London last summer, the report said.
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