Article 3YHBF Lehman Brothers collapse: where are the key figures now?

Lehman Brothers collapse: where are the key figures now?

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Sean Farrell
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Ten years ago this weekend the investment bank's bankruptcy caused panic in US and UK

Ten years ago this weekend Lehman Brothers crashed into bankruptcy - the biggest corporate failure in history - and sent the world's financial system reeling close to collapse, causing panic among policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic. The US government was forced into a $700bn (540bn) bailout of the banking sector, while in the UK, Lloyds Bank rescued HBOS and the government was then forced to rescue Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland.

A decade on, what has happened to the key players involved in the financial crisis and its aftermath?

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