Articles by Nick Sawyer
O Brothers, where art thou?
The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, coming on the back of the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, sent market participants rushing to compute their exposures and replace affected hedges. How did the market bear up? By Peter Madigan and Nick…
Derivatives face regulatory scrutiny
The derivatives industry faces a period of heightened scrutiny by regulators, mirroring the supervisory review in the wake of a series of mis-selling scandals in the 1990s, warn bankers.
SG moves on from Kerviel
Société Générale was sent reeling after revelations of a EUR4.9 billion rogue trading loss in January. Glaring weaknesses in the control processes were identified in an internal report, and the bank has started to take steps to address the issues. Nick…
'He didn't want to tell the truth immediately': Mianne on Kerviel
The Société Générale rogue trader knew "perfectly" how to conceal his trades with a combination of fictitious trades and rolling forward positions, according to Christophe Mianné, the new head of global equities and derivatives, who spoke exclusively to…
Voldstad on the birth of DPCs
Connie Voldstad was head of JP Morgan's first dedicated swaps desk, established Merrill Lynch's AAA-rated derivatives product company, and was one of the six-strong team charged with winding down Long-Term Capital Management. His latest project is a new…
A difference of opinion
CMS spread options have been just about everywhere this year, with investors keen to take a view on the shape of the yield curve. But a wide variation in pricing has sparked speculation that some banks may not be modelling these products accurately. By…
Default swaptions: the next frontier
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