There was no IMF, no coordination between the various treasury officials to act together to stem the tide.
Many objects are still preserved in various European treasuries, which were enriched by the spoils of the sack of Constantinople in 1204.
Still, Goldman Sachs views the fallout as a litmus test of various banks' treasury and risk management reforms..
There is another related problem with PIMCO, probably the largest owner/manager of fixed income securities including vast quantities of U.S. treasuries of various denominations and duration.
As finance minister during the late, sclerotic socialist period, he quietly helped steer the treasury through various close fiscal calls.
The Other segment includes the activities of the Bank's various corporate support sectors, mainly treasury, credit, finance, risk management, technology, operations, corporate affairs and human resources.
Gaveston was accused of such various crimes as draining the treasury, orchestrating the arrest of treasurer Walter Langton, and filling the court with foreigners.
"The United States is tackling fiscal issues in various ways, so I still think U.S. Treasuries are basically an attractive product for us," Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
The Treasury segment engages in bank's domestic treasury operations and covers activities in various markets, which include foreign exchange, interest rates, fixed income, derivatives, equity and other alternative asset classes.
