Obama Proposes Public/Private Investment Fund To Absorb Toxic ‘Legacy Assets’ from Banks
February 13, 2009
The Obama administration this week unveiled the outline of a new Financial Stability Plan that essentially replaces the Troubled Asset Relief Program and bypasses what was expected to be a “bad bank” approach, opting instead for a Public-Private Investment Fund that could reach $1 trillion to clean up degrading mortgage-related assets from banks’ balance sheets. “The Financial...