Banks sell $6bn of Chrysler debt

The JP Morgan-led group of banks that underwrote $10 billion of debt related to Cerberus’ acquisition of Chrysler has sold $6 billion of the debt at 95 percent of par.

A group of banks, led by JP Morgan, has sold $6 billion (€4.3 billion) of debt related to the sale of Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management, according to a report by UK Newspaper The Financial Times.

The report said that Bear Stearns, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have managed to sell $6 billion of the debt at 95 cents on the dollar, after raising rates by around 125 basis points.

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