 Paulson paid Goldman approximately US$15 million for its work in the deal.Paulson ultimately made a US$1 billion profit from the short investments, the profits coming from the losses of the investors and their insurers.These were primarily IKB Deutsche Industriebank (US$150 million loss), and the investors and insurers of another US$900 million - ACA Financial Guaranty Corp, ABN AMRO, and the Royal Bank of Scotland.