Posted AT 12:35 AM EST on 29/02/08
Bank of Montreal may abandon debt rescue
BOYD ERMAN AND JACQUIE MCNISH
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Bank of Montreal has signalled it may pull out of an effort to restructure $33-billion in stranded asset-backed commercial paper, as mounting woes in the global credit market leave the bank facing margin calls of more than $500-million on two of its own ABCP trusts.
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