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To: flatsville who wrote (8990)	10/25/1999 6:55:00 PM
From: TD	Respond to of 9818

Thanks for the post... Transportation, energy, insurance, emergency services: all these industries have far more potential to suffer from Y2K mischief than we suspect, Gogerty believes. But it is in the international banking system where he sees the greatest threat to the continued survival of the human race. Here a loss of confidence can lead to widespread panic, and panic can lead to economic catastrophe. International banking is my greatest fear as well! Off topic slightly..Any idea what happened to Cheryl? I really miss her posts and research. td

To: flatsville who wrote (8990)	10/25/1999 11:26:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Herstatt Risk: contingencyanalysis.com "A famous example of settlement risk is the failure of the German Herstatt bank. On June 26, 1974, that bank had already taken in all its foreign currency receipts in Europe, but had not made any of its US dollar payments when German banking regulators closed the bank down at the end of the German business day. Counterparties to the German bank incurred substantial losses. For this reason, settlement risk is sometimes called Herstatt risk. The Herstatt incident illustrated that settlement risk not only has a credit risk component, but a liquidity risk component as well. If a party does not receive currency which it has purchased, the party must somehow cover the shortfall in that currency. Following the closure of the Herstatt bank, the foreign exchange markets experienced severe systemic problems."