

Market Déjà vu
Apparently it's not 2008. Yes, we know that, well some of us do but it is starting to feel like 'Market Déjà vu', that is the sentiment...


The Prisoner Dilemma in Oil
Oil prices went south after Saudi Arabia and Russia failed to come to an agreement to set steady output to support a rally in oil prices....


BIS Guidelines on AML
The Bank for International Settlements has released its "sound management of risks related to money laundering and financing of...


Supervising Model Risk
It has been stated more than once that Model Risk had a massive role to play in the Global Financial Crisis and subsequently; there has...


Oilmageddon ...
"Oilmageddon" seems to be the word on everyones mouth in the markets today, a wonderful term coined by Citigroup analyst Jonathan Stubbs....


Supply Chains and Product Design
This is an interesting paper and it very much touches on the x-factor of why some products are successful and others are not. If you were...


Agriculture Supply Chain Security
The food and agriculture centre for the United Nations has released an interesting paper on Agricultural Supply Chain Security and the...


ICC Rethinking Trade Finance 2015
Every year the ICC release their survey on the current position of global trade finance. This publication always seems to deliver...


BIS Post Crisis Treatments
The Bank for International Settlements has just released a Post Global Financial Crisis treatment update and in its eyes all is good with...


Global Systemically Important Banks Update
The Financial Stability Board that was established in April 2009 as one of the regulatory outcomes from the global financial crisis,...