Salomon Brothers' August 1991 admission of improprieties in government securities trading led shortly afterward to the resignation of the firm's senior management.
Sources
- Chapter 16 Government Securities Market Regulation: The Case of ... (elibrary.imf.org)
- https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/19/business/salomon-brothers-scandal.html (nytimes.com)
- https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/salomon-brothers-scandal (federalreservehistory.org)
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