This case has a deeper look at the events and causes leading to the rescue of the U.S. government's American International Group. Source material includes performances before the public disclosure of the Congress, AIG and various news articles. The case tells the story of AIG, its financial products division, and credit default swaps. So, that identifies a number of external and internal factors led management, experts and the press as having a role in the rejection AIG. These factors include the management of AIG, compensation and risk management policies, and the role played by credit rating agencies, accounting standards (in particular, the brand in the market accounting), and regulation. "Hide
by Maureen McNichols, Nathan Blair Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 28 pages. Publication Date: March 12, 2009. Prod. #: A203-PDF-ENG
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