Kaupthing

Kaupthing is a Reykjavík, Iceland-based financial with $30.3 billion of outstanding debt, according to its second quarter 2008 financial statements. The Icelandic FSA made a regulatory intervention on 8 October 2008. Having triggered a bankruptcy credit event under its credit default swaps, a credit settlement auction on 6 November 2008 determined CDS recoveries at 6.625%.

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