The Plunge Protection Team: An Elite Group Protects the Financial Sector Posted by kandylini on April 26, 2008 Commentary by kevin Phillips, ... up huge multi-billion-dollar structured investment vehicles, or SIVs, to do on an off-the-books basis

Bloomberg - Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm, wrote down $169 million after helping its money funds by taking on bonds issued by structured investment vehicles. Morgan Stanley bought $1.06 billion of SIV bonds ...