It appears at this early stage that fully paid securities held in client names are safe. However, assets pledged by a hedge fund as original and variation margin for a loan will go into the pot of the individual Lehman unit, with the hedge fund becoming an unsecured creditor.
If the assets were pledged, they have been re-hypothecated and lent out to somebody else. The prime brokerage has the right to take...
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