WHEN HISTORIANS DRAW up a list of the big casualties of this crisis it is unlikely that Parex banka will feature prominently.
The Latvian bank’s troubles were nowhere near as central to the health of the global financial system as Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, Bear Stearns’ collapse or AIG’s bailout. In central and eastern Europe, however, Parex is notorious as the region’s biggest victim to date after it had to be rescued by the government in November 2008 following a substantial withdrawal of deposits.
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