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Assured Guaranty Takes Mark-to-Market Hit; Says New Business at Record Levels 

Oct 22, 2007By

First, the bad news: Assured Guaranty said tonight that it will take a $163 million after-tax loss on financial guarantees written on credit default swap contracts when it reports its earnings next week. The guarantor said that 70 percent of its reported losses were driven by market-to-market activity, and that CDS net par outstanding stood at $62.3 billion as of the end of September. The good news is that business has never been better:

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