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Factbox: Lehman, Merrill, BOA, AIG futures clearing

Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:23pm EDT

(Reuters) - All the firms involved in the weekend shake up of Wall Street have commodity futures and clearing operations. Lehman Brothers was suspended from trading on the Intercontinental Exchange, Liffe NYSE Euronext and the London Metals Exchange Select on Monday after filing for bankruptcy protection.

Here are some highlights of the U.S. futures trading and clearing profiles of Lehman, Merrill Lynch, Banc of America and AIG:

LEHMAN BROTHERS Clearing member Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). Regular member Futures Industry Association Segregated futures commission merchant assets as of 07/31:

$5,952,285,000 (here@financialdataforfcms/documents/file/fcmdata0708.pdf)

MERRILL LYNCH Clearning member CME, CBOT, NYMEX, ICE Regular member Futures Industry Association Segregated futures commission merchant assets as of 8/01: Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith $8,481,984,854 Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp $1,607,395,106

BANC OF AMERICA Clearing member CME, CBOT, NYMEX, ICE Regular member Futures Industry Association. FIA board member: Michael O'Leary Managing Director, Head of Global Futures Bank of America Securities Segregated futures commission merchant assets as of 07/31:$1,468,185,671

AIG Clearing member CME, CBOT, NYMEX, ICE Associate member Futures Industry Association Segregated futures commission merchant assets as of 07/31:

$18,139,197

(Sources: exchange and company websites. Commodity Futures Trading Commissihere@financialdataforfcms/documents/file/fcmdata0708.pdf)

(Reporting by Alden Bentley)



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