Opinion
Feeling the squeeze
Editor's Letter
Can the centre hold?
Despite the inevitability of tighter and more intrusive regulation, David Rowe argues this alone will not prevent future financial crises as long as 'too big to fail' remains an issue
Information asymmetry
Editor's letter
Legal spotlight
The global nature of the financial crisis has led to an unprecedented spirit of co-operation amongst securities regulators in different jurisdictions, says Robert Brownlie
Max Bublitz: The great race ... to the bottom
Predicting how long the downturn will last is a fool's game. Past cycles are no useful indicator because we are undergoing a more tectonic shift in the global economic landscape
Gary Jenkins: Turner's blank canvas
The FSA's chairman, Lord Turner, has published his much-anticipated recommendations for a shake-up of the regulatory system. Do they go far enough?
Editor's letter
Editorial
Putting the dampener on
Editor's letter
Step up to the plate
Editor's Letter
Second-order uncertainty
The financial crisis has drummed home the dangers of basing analysis on unreliable data. Despite its amorphous character, risk managers must begin to increase their focus on second-order uncertainty, argues David Rowe
The big picture
Regulators are looking at how best to improve the measuring of risk, but Peter Schild argues the industry should focus on improving governance practices and be considering people and processes across the entire enterprise
Role models required
Editor's letter
Editor's letter
Editorial
From alpha to omega
The standard measures of credit risk do not efficiently capture the possible distribution of losses on a portfolio. But the Omega function may provide a solution for investors. Gene Yeboah
What is normal?
Editor's letter
Reasons to be cheerful
Comment
The human condition
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So, what else is new?
Editor's Letter