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{{a|glossary|{{image|Ironmountainbox|jpg|The [[global financial crisis]] personified. Well, ''objectified'', at any rate. Boxonified.}} }}{{quote| “During the financial crisis, however, roughly two-thirds of losses attributed to [[counterparty credit risk]] were due to [[Credit valu

...yth|{{image|Lucky Dog|jpg|}} }}Old “[[Lucky]]”, the proverbial missing dog of modern international finance. Also known amongst banking analysts as “[[D ...ed and, if it hadn’t actually ''caused'' it, would be on the wrong ''end'' of it.

...ks on the London interbank market and also used as a reference for setting the [[interest rate]] on other loans. ...] was used for and how serious it might be if someone abused the privilege of helping to set it.

...|Magic Circle Lawyers|png|Look into my eyes. £1,250 is a sensible [[charge-out rate]] for a [[trainee]] {{vsr|1896}}}} ...rprises whose business model was wholly unaffected by the global financial crisis.

{{a|film review|{{image|the corporation film|jpg|}}}}''This review was originally published on January Slickly edited but all the same simple-minded, misconceived, rubbish.

...es a basic version of the appropriate master agreement for the purposes of the specific transaction. ...— but if you only expect to do a single trade it heads off quote a bit of the brain damage that comes with negotiating a full-blown ISDA.

...o hysterically buy, and then sell, [[Enron]] stock ''[[for fear of missing out]]'' — are not. ...0.5 x 10⁹⁹'', which you wouldn’t expect in several lifetimes of the universe.”

{{g}}''Warning: ramblings of an untutored maniac here.'' ...[cashflows]] due on that instrument (assuming it does not [[default]]) and the price at which that instrument is presently trading.

...iety, nor his eloquence as a public speaker and raconteur. When Lange died of complications from renal failure last year New Zealand lost a unique voice ...about the way, as the chapters progress, the fluidity dries up, a function of Lange’s failing health and ebbing energy.

...article two years before [[sustainability-linked derivatives]] emerged on the scene. Life imitates art, once again.'' ...bender he went on with some hedge fund buddies in Mallorca in the dog days of 2016.

{{a|myth|{{image|Iron Mountain|png|The Iron Mountain: diappointingly non-jagged. Entropically foggy.}} ...dle Earth had Mount Doom. The fallen warriors of the financial sector have the Iron Mountain.

...d thanks for all the fish}}}}{{quote|When everything about a people is for the time growing weak and ineffective, it begins to talk about efficiency. ... The stock-in-trade of a [[Middle management|middle manager]] and the [[management consultant]] {{sex|she}} aspires to become.

{{image|Children of the Forest|png|A mystic rune recovered from the hills above Bretton Woods}} ...nthetic” terms<ref>The Greek word ''συντίθημι'', from which is the root of the name ''[[Synthæse]]'', means “to bring together in one place” (from ''

...telligence'': (''To terminate with'' ~) To tactically assassinate. Put out of his, and our, misery. ...d [[reduction in force]] induce an odd [[system effect]] whereby the parts of your workforce you are most anxious to retain progressively deteriorate in

...ations. They didn’t like sharing fees, so bankers laboured long days under the scorching sun building impregnable barriers to entry called “panels” wi ...es from defenceless end-users: they were not used to tamely agreeing terms of engagement and carrying water for squirrelly professionals. Banker spines a

But the outlook is fine, since<br> And I’m highly dismissive of yours.

...they did before, during and after the dotcom boom, the [[global financial crisis]], [[Brexit]] and [[COVID]]. ...e power to publish whatever pops into her head, to the whole world. See? ''The [[JC]] is doing it now''. There is no bullshit filter anymore. Assume every

...s in modern financial services would not benefit from reading it, just for the challenge it presents. ...ems an oversight. Everything? Well, according to the authors, bitcoin does the following:

...ied doom and been proven wrong. Every time, they have made some version of the argument: this time it is different, and been proven wrong.'' ...ritics of all eras that this time is different, yet so many still buy into the pyramid scheme that we are special. It is both self-aggrandising and self-e

...spirit of Aleister Crowley was the dominant fingerpost showing the way to the future: {{Quote|“''Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law''”.}}