American International Group $($AIG$)$ stood at the centre of the financial crisis of $2008.$ It was one of the main institutions issuing credit default swaps. With default rates increasing and the economic climate worsening, it found itself in liquidity problems. AIG was forced to seek a government rescue and was effectively nationalised. Shortly after the bailout in $2009,$ it also become the centre of a media firestorm in the so$-$called AIG bonus payments controversy.