R&R Consulting Principal Ann Rutledge talks with Bloomberg Television about the "toxic" resecuritizations that doomed AIG. Watch the Bloomberg telecast on YouTube, "Rutledge Says AIG Had 'Recipe For Implosion' With CDOs: Video," and read a write-up on Bloomberg.com, "How Lou Lucido Let AIG Lose $35 Billion...
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes is quoted in a Markets Media Online story on how to retain the benefits of the controversial sovereign credit default swaps while reducing risky speculation. Read the full story, "Regulators Move to Rein In CDS," posted on March 9 on Markets...
McClatchy Newspapers quotes R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes on the involvement of Goldman Sachs in covering up Greece's sovereign debt. Read the full story by Kevin G. Hall and Greg Gordon, "Goldman under scrutiny for its role in Greece's fiscal woes," McClatchy Newspapers, February 25, 2010....
As controversy mounts over the dual role of investment banks in hiding and betting against Greece's sovereign debt, The New York Times quotes R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes on how credit-default swaps give an illusion of safety but actually increase systemic risk. Read the full article...
An article in the current issue of Corporate Board Member quotes R&R Consulting principals Sylvain Raynes and Ann Rutledge on the effects new corporate strategies can have on credit ratings. Read the full article by Sharon Kahn, "Why Risking a Lower Credit Rating Can Make...
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes is quoted in a McClatchy News article on the bonus awarded to Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Read the full article by Greg Gordon, "Goldman's Chief Gets Bonus of $9 Million in Stock," in McClatchy Newspapers, February 5, 2010....
Naked Capitalism's Yves Smith makes a compelling case for the need for structural reform. She is spot-on about the significance of disintermediation for the banking industry and the need to decouple risk. Her lament—"I see perilous little grappling with the problem that [Bank of England's...
A New York Times articles on the risks and yields of investing in bonds quotes R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge, who cautions investors to seek qualified advice and carry out their own research on bond issues. Read the full article by Geraldine Fabrikant, "In Bonds,...
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes is quoted in a McClatchy Newspapers report revealing further details of the Fed's controversial bailout of AIG. The January 7 report says that in the weeks before Timothy Geithner's confirmation as treasury secretary, his underlings at the Federal Reserve Bank...
Around January 2007, I received a job offer from AIG Risk Management. I did not take the offer for various reasons, one being that I was still under a consulting contract with my employer at the time, but I vividly recall the meeting with Chief...