Sentence examples for a run on assets from inspiring English sources

The result might have been a run on assets that would have killed the fund sooner.

MetLife, which is based in New York, acquired control of Conning in 1999 when it bailed out the company's parent, the GenAmerica Corporation, after a run on its assets.

JPMorgan, which stepped in to rescue its rival during a run on its assets amid bankruptcy rumours, was praised by some for raising the price to keep a deal afloat.

A run on its assets was already under way, its liquidity was vanishing, and its stock price had fallen by forty-two per cent just the previous day; it couldn't survive the weekend.

Their efforts nearly collapsed in 1998, when Unexim, amid a run on Russian assets, racked up $2 billion in losses.

So you really had a run on Bear Stearns assets and they were paying out money as people redeemed the accounts and they didn't have the funds available.

There could also be a run on the asset side, as customers may run down their credit lines in times of crises.

Mr. Stanford has long argued that the federal government was responsible for a run on his firm's assets.

This is a run-on.

Bear Stearns fell amid a run on the bank, as customers withdrew assets and trading partners refused to do business with the firm amid fears about its available cash.

If equity (the bank's own money) is only 5 percent of assets, even a tiny loss of 2 percent of its assets could prompt, in essence, a run on the bank.