Opinion
A step too far?
Comment
The stagnancy of risk transfer
It's fairly clear from our feature on alternative forms of risk transfer for op risk that not much has happened in this space over the past two years, despite a lot of fine words from both the insurance industry and its clients.
A step to Basel 1.5
Risk analysis
Editor's letter
Editorial
Editor's letter
Surely in this post-Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley world it was now safe to go back in the water?
Editor's letter
Comment
Intelligent finance
Comment: Columnists
Perspectives - Ellen Davis
10-year anniversary
Another chapter for credit
Comment
South Africa
Special Report
A Shakespeare moment
There I was, sitting in a stuffy conference room in Brussels, watching what I like to call a ‘Shakespeare moment’ – when people interact in a way that captures a part of the essence of human behaviour.
End of an era for the world
Risk analysis
Editorial
Comment
Index fees: what you don't know could hurt you
Christopher sugrue
Editor's letter
Editorial
Legal spotlight
Neil Weidner, capital markets partner, and associate Anthony Dearing at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in London look at the shifting legal framework for UK hedge funds
Talking point - The price of oil and its effect on credit
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina has pushed oil prices to highs of nearly $70/bbl. Credit asks market participants what impact this spike in prices has had on the credit market
Easy money
Duncan Sankey on why we should take LBO statistics with a pinch of salt