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), order Asset/Liability Management (2003) and Risk Management (2000).

Risk Intelligence
A Bedrock of Dynamism and Lasting Value Creation
April 23rd, information pills 2012

Taming Risk in a Volatile World
May 30th, information pills 2011

Go-Anywhere Funds
The Right Idea, But Let Buyers Beware
March 11th, 2011

Goldman/Facebook Deal Leverages Innovation and Dynamism
March 2nd, 2011

The Imperative of Financial Innovation
June 8th, 2010

Wanted: A First National Bank of Innovation
January 12th, 2010

Responding to Pressures
AllianceBernstein Is Back in the Capital Markets Business
January 12th, 2010

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

The Good ‘Ole’ Carry Trades
Iceland’s Role in the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis
December 29th, 2008

Seeking to Adapt
Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley Take Alternative Routes to Retail Banking
December 27th, 2008

The Risk of Abandoning Mark-To-Market Accounting
Blackstone Joins the “Pro-Abolishment” Camp
November 13th, 2008

Commercial Banks 1; Investment Banks 0
Lessons from the Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Conversions
November 5th, 2008

Borrowing From The Future
Lessons From Wachovia’s Astonishing Loss
October 30th, 2008

Curbs on Executive Pay Won’t Pay Off
The Evolutionary Angle Is Not Acknowledged
October 29th, 2008

The Fannie and Freddie Debacle
The Government (& the Media) Got It Wrong
October 29th, 2008

Money Market Funds: Riskier On All Counts
Implications for asset managers and investors
October 28th, 2008