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Banks earn $900m with state-backed debt

By Lina Saigol and Anousha Sakoui

Published: March 1 2009 18:29 | Last updated: March 1 2009 18:29

The world’s biggest banks have earned more than $900m in fees in less than four months by selling government-guaranteed bank debt to investors.

Click for full graphicJPMorgan earned almost $130m from selling 51 bonds, while Bank of America/Merrill Lynch netted $105m in fees from 34 issues since October, according to data from Thomson Reuters and Freeman & Co.

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