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Risk milestones

Anniversaries inevitably inspire an urge to reminisce. David Rowe lists several important public milestones and one personal milestone in the development of financial risk management

Unthinkably favourable

Imagination in stress testing demands unorthodox thinking, as even seemingly favourable events can have negative consequences. In the case of the oil markets, this means stress testing for a fall, as well as a rise, in oil prices, argues David Rowe

In the shadows

Booming over-the-counter derivatives markets may be generating huge revenues for dealers, but they are also casting a worrying shadow over trading book profits in the form of counterparty credit risk. Are contingent credit default swaps the answer?

Geithner provides policy advice for Asia

Asia needs to build stronger institutions, in particular central banks that have institutionalised independence from governments, said Timothy Geithner, president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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