Es gibt da einen kleinen, aber feinen Unterschied. Die überlebende (ehemaligen) Investmentbank Goldman Sachs hatte kaum Geschäftsbeziehungen zu Lehman Brothers. Ganz im Gegensatz zu der AIG.

Although it was not widely known, Goldman, a Wall Street stalwart that had seemed immune to its rivals’ woes, was A.I.G.’s largest trading partner, according to six people close to the insurer who requested anonymity because of confidentiality agreements. A collapse of the insurer threatened to leave a hole of as much as $20 billion in Goldman’s side, several of these people said.

Behind Insurer’s Crisis, Blind Eye to a Web of Risk

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