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The rotten core

The US is now closely examining the root causes of the subprime crisis, including mis-selling, fraud, poor internal controls and perverse incentive schemes. David Benyon explores these issues, and some potential solutions

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The subprime spectre has reduced swaths of US residential areas to empty shells, with lenders defaulting and homes being repossessed as banks foreclose on mortgage investments turned to junk. Perhaps worst, the impact is not restricted to the subprime mortgage and securitisation markets that encouraged a credit culture obsessed with volume, but it is affecting most those who can afford it least -

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Emerging trends in op risk

Karen Man, partner and member of the global financial institutions leadership team at Baker McKenzie, discusses emerging op risks in the wake of the Covid‑19 pandemic, a rise in cyber attacks, concerns around conduct and culture, and the complexities of…

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