NEW YORK: Merrill Lynch & Co Inc agreed to help bail out bond insurer Security Capital Assurance Ltd by cancelling US$3.5bil in credit default swaps and ending litigation.
Under the pact, Security Capital will be released from the derivatives guarantees it sold to Merrill. In return it will make a US$500mil payment to the investment bank.
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