Publication Archives 2009

Underpinning the firm’s unique expertise and proprietary capabilities are ground-breaking research and extensive practical application of risk management ideas exemplified in the books written by the firm’s founder: Financial Darwinism (2009), Asset/Liability Management (2003) and Risk Management (2000).

Needed: Strategic Vision, Not More Regulation
Risk management and other lessons learned — one year after Lehman’s collapse
September 20th, 2009

Evolution is Hard Work
UBS Exits Businesses While Blackstone Adapts to the New World Order
May 31st, 2009

Government As An Agent of Natural Selection?
Diverging Fortunes of Nat City and AmTrust
May 18th, 2009

A “Hedge Fund” Named AIG
Losing $60B in a Quarter? Don’t Try it At Home
March 10th, 2009

Bank Nationalization
The Misnomer Du Jour
March 2nd, 2009

The Great Disconnect
The Role of Risk in the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Merger
February 17th, 2009

Why Do We Need a “Bad Bank?”
The Importance of a Market for Distressed Assets
February 17th, 2009

On Dentists and Delusions
State Street and Merrill Lynch Losses Show the Lack of Transparency
February 15th, 2009

Back to the Basics
Morgan Stanley Seizes the Opportunity Amid the Crisis
January 19th, 2009