Lehman is looking at selling its broker-dealer operations, and is still in advanced discussions with a number of potential buyers of its investment management division.
Bankruptcy represents the end of a 158-year old company that survived world wars and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management but could not survive the global credit crunch.
Investors in recent weeks had grown increasingly jittery about Lehman’s $46bn of mortgages and asset-backed securities, as well as its credit rating and its ability to raise capital.
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