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Hello, my name is the international investment community and I have been brought low by my addiction to toxic assets. It took away my bonus, my job, my lifestyle and my reputation. As I am trying to m...
No B-movie or schlocky sitcom is complete without the "letter from the grave" plot device- in which the recently departed get to tell those who are left behind where the money (or the skelet...
Easily the most unusual literary success story of the year, the Jane Austen inspired mash-up novel which inspires this blog title is terrific trashy fun. If you are looking for a quirky Christmas pres...
Two widely-accepted facts: valuation processes sit in the front office, reporting sits in the back. But what's in the middle? Often, it's been a chasm where the basic details on how/when/why an asset ...
Apparently, more than 40% of senior bankers believe better data quality and availability are really quite important to improve risk management. So many cliches, such lack of imagination and inventiven...
Wouldn't it be nice to have everyone speak the same language? Definitely no political motive - move right along - nothing to see here. Just trying to make sure we agree a common phrasebook. Simply gi...
A recent Tabb report ‘The Enterprise Spreadsheet: Pushing towards Transparency’ highlights how firms continue to rely on spreadsheets at every level - serving as the modelling laboratory, negotiatio...
The latest twists in the Paul Moore story (fascinating memo in full on FT site) are extraordinary - and reinforces that risk management is central to one of the Great Credit Crunch Conundrums. What w...
If it takes a crisis to remind people of what really matters, there is no doubt that credit crunches and rogue traders have put data management at the centre of attention. The world at large has sudd...
There is an underreported flavour to the much-debated middle and back office experience of Jerome Kiervel, the Soc Gen trader responsible for last week's high drama. According to a copy of his CV cir...