Opinion/Risk management

Where the buck stops

Risk management units alone cannot avoid the damage from periodic bouts of irrational exuberance. That responsibility lies with the chief executive, argues David Rowe

Legal Spotlight

In the second of a two-part article, Laurence Pettit, partner at Baker & McKenzie, discusses recent credit rating agency reforms and asks whether they go far enough to restore confidence in what many people regard as a flawed system

Column - Amy Falls

With the markets grinding to a halt, now is the time for investors to show discipline and observe the three golden rules of liquidity management

Back to basics

We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask ... Gavan Nolan, credit analyst at Markit Group in London, looks at credit indices

CCDS unchained?

In October, David Rowe argued that contingent credit default swaps offered only limited potential for active counterparty credit risk management. The convergence of several factors could change that

Apocalypto Now

A misguided trust in models to predict likelihood of default lies at the heart of this instability, reckons Nigel Sillis

What's wrong with the risk-based approach?

The risk-based approach to regulation is under fire. In the UK, the Northern Rock debacle could result in a reworking of the supervisory system, which is being criticised as too hands-off. Defenders of the system point out that a failure such as Northern…

Cutting the Gordian knot

Basel II remains wedded to incremental extensions to the market risk rules. It is time for a bolder approach in this area, argues David Rowe

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