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The Role of Risk in the Collapse of Wall Street



Matt Nelson

Director
Market Intelligence
 With Lehman Brothers having followed the ill-trodden footsteps of Bear Stearns, many have questioned the risk management capabilities, techniques and desire of Wall Street. We know that greed and hubris played a role in the failure of these firms, but were risk management techniques absent, or were the results simply swept under the carpet in light of the earnings that the risk was generating for the firm?

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