In a Nov. 25 email, Peter Bazos, an attorney at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, which represents the New York Fed, wrote that certain agreements "do not need to be filed."
Later, when the Securities and Exchange Commission requested more disclose, AIG amended its filings several times and provided the information. The ailing insurance company was also pressured by Congress to release the names of banks that were paid off in full on $62 billion in bets on soured mortgage securities. French Bank Société Générale and Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were on the receiving end of the largest payouts, information finally made public in March 2009 revealed.
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