Paul Halpern is a professor emeritus of finance at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Caroline Cakebread is the editor of Canadian Investment Review, writes widely on institutional and personal finance, and provides strategic and educational consulting services to institutional investors. She holds a PhD in English and writes and lectures on Shakespeare and contemporary women’s writing.Christopher C. Nicholls is the W. Geoff Beattie Chair in Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law at Western University. Poonam Puri is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

• IntroductionPart 1. The ABCs of a CrisisChapter 1: The Day Montreal Stood StillChapter 2: Not a Regional ProblemChapter 3: Enter Purdy CrawfordPart 2. The Art of the Possible: Hammering Out a DealChapter 4: A Proposal Is BornChapter 5: Putting It Back Together AgainChapter 6: Selling the DealChapter 7: The Plan Gets ApprovedChapter 8: It Almost Falls ApartPart 3. ABCP Afterlife: How Has the Market Performed?Chapter 9: Whither a Liquid MarketChapter 10: Regulatory FalloutPart 4. ConclusionsChapter 11: Winners and Losers in the ABCP FiascoChapter 12: Lessons Learned

Paul Halpern is a professor emeritus of finance at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Caroline Cakebread is the editor of Canadian Investment Review, writes widely on institutional and personal finance, and provides strategic and educational consulting services to institutional investors. She holds a PhD in English and writes and lectures on Shakespeare and contemporary women’s writing.Christopher C. Nicholls is the W. Geoff Beattie Chair in Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law at Western University. Poonam Puri is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

• IntroductionPart 1. The ABCs of a CrisisChapter 1: The Day Montreal Stood StillChapter 2: Not a Regional ProblemChapter 3: Enter Purdy CrawfordPart 2. The Art of the Possible: Hammering Out a DealChapter 4: A Proposal Is BornChapter 5: Putting It Back Together AgainChapter 6: Selling the DealChapter 7: The Plan Gets ApprovedChapter 8: It Almost Falls ApartPart 3. ABCP Afterlife: How Has the Market Performed?Chapter 9: Whither a Liquid MarketChapter 10: Regulatory FalloutPart 4. ConclusionsChapter 11: Winners and Losers in the ABCP FiascoChapter 12: Lessons Learned

Paul Halpern is a professor emeritus of finance at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Caroline Cakebread is the editor of Canadian Investment Review, writes widely on institutional and personal finance, and provides strategic and educational consulting services to institutional investors. She holds a PhD in English and writes and lectures on Shakespeare and contemporary women’s writing.Christopher C. Nicholls is the W. Geoff Beattie Chair in Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law at Western University. Poonam Puri is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

• IntroductionPart 1. The ABCs of a CrisisChapter 1: The Day Montreal Stood StillChapter 2: Not a Regional ProblemChapter 3: Enter Purdy CrawfordPart 2. The Art of the Possible: Hammering Out a DealChapter 4: A Proposal Is BornChapter 5: Putting It Back Together AgainChapter 6: Selling the DealChapter 7: The Plan Gets ApprovedChapter 8: It Almost Falls ApartPart 3. ABCP Afterlife: How Has the Market Performed?Chapter 9: Whither a Liquid MarketChapter 10: Regulatory FalloutPart 4. ConclusionsChapter 11: Winners and Losers in the ABCP FiascoChapter 12: Lessons Learned