It is clear that the ongoing War on Terror is unlike any other war. The very objective of this
war-stopping terrorists from preying upon the innocent while winning the hearts and minds of …

There is plenty of rhetoric and speculation in the press about the impact that Section 41 ("
Section 41") of House Bill No. 6004 (codified as An Act Concerning Police Accountability, …

The ongoing credit crunch has paralyzed the international debt capital markets for quite some
time, but its tremors could be felt in the short-term debt capital markets as early as August …

1980s as a means for banks to provide their customers with cost-ef-Icient money market
financing (primarily through ABCP offerings to registered money market funds (" MMFs")) of …

This study identifies identify the organizational characteristics of family offices (FOs) in Brazil.
This article was developed through a content analysis of 22 interviews conducted with …

The Fitch Criteria notes up front that the ratings Fitch assigns to structured finance transactions
are very closely linked to the credit quality of each related hedge counterparty. As a result, …

Beginning in May 2006, Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services,
and Fitch Ratings published criteria for hedge transactions relating to highly rated structured …

… Croke, and Sharad A. Samy, 400 …

A new type of structured finance /i vehicle, the SIV-Lite, has made its debut on the capital
markets stage, and it seems to be taking the market by storm. The SIV-Lite (Structured …

When it filed for bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers had nearly one million derivative contracts
outstanding. This article tells the story of some of those contracts, and the lessons that can be …