VOL. XXXI

NO. 15

18-JANUARY-1988

Financial and Banking News

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

US Bank Write-offs Support Mexican Initiative

With last week's announcements by Security Pacific and American Express inthe US that they are effectively writing off more than half of the value oftheir exposure to Third World and Latin American debtors, the principle seems tohave been established that loan portfolios valuation must eventually reflect therealities of the secondary market. This has major implications for...