Crisis anniversary
Review: Not just another Lehman Brothers documentary
There are plenty of financial crisis movies but the moral failings at the heart of ‘Inside Lehman Brothers’ are consistently compelling
2 min read
An audience with Bob Diamond: ‘People should be angry’
The former Barclays CEO finds his own reputation rehabilitated, but knows that a deep distrust of bankers remains
6 min read
There is no point waiting for the next Lehman moment
It's easy to think another debt-driven crash is coming soon, but the most consequential trends are not about the business cycle
4 min read
Ten years after Lehman, we need to balance the financial rulebook
Much post-crisis regulation is sensible but bank capital requirements could be simplified and a delicate balance is needed on personal accountability
3 min read
The 10 steps to a 2020 recession and financial crisis
These are the factors pointing to an economic downturn that will be more severe than the last
5 min read
FN Weekend: The Very Best of Financial News
A roundup of must-read news, commentary and analysis from Financial News this week
7 min read
The new names in property lending: not the usual suspects
Debt funds and other alternative financiers have been taking UK market share from long-suffering banks
5 min read
How the financial crisis is still affecting investors
The scars have lasted even though the stock market has since soared to new highs
9 min read
An audience with short-seller Marc Cohodes: ‘You have to be nine-tenths insane to do it’
Burned by the financial crisis, the financier retreated to his California chicken farm — but could not stay away
6 min read
Society’s lurch to short-termism has only accelerated since Lehman
Many false doomsday theories emerged after the bank’s collapse, but the truth is that threats exist across a broader sphere than finance
5 min read
How to make banks try harder to avoid going bust
A paper put forward to this year's Jackson Hole symposium suggests regulators should encourage banks to behave like partnerships
5 min read
Ex-Bank of England deputy governor says ‘pay top bankers in bonds’
Sir Paul Tucker tells London audience that one big lesson has still not been learned from Lehman Brothers' fall a decade ago
‘It’s the bloody bankers again’: Why the public has not forgiven finance
Ten years on from the financial crisis, why are bankers still public enemy number one?
‘Wall Street’s trauma surgeon’ on what the crisis fixers missed
Rodgin Cohen, who advised almost every troubled institution during the crisis, has become wary of new dangers facing financial services
The Careerologist: We are no closer to a Lehman Sisters
Would a bank with more women on the board be better at avoiding a crisis? Will we ever find out?
ETF threat fizzles: Hunt for systemic risk comes up short
Financial watchdogs have yet to be convinced that exchange traded funds would wreak havoc in a severe market downturn
5 min read
The next decade in the City: Toil, trouble and tech takeovers
Brexit declines, bank M&A, new leaders and much more in the forecast for the next 10 years
4 min read
An audience with Alistair Darling: ‘Austerity was a huge mistake’
The UK’s crisis-era Chancellor of the Exchequer reflects on the rescue of RBS, the impact of austerity and how it could all so easily happen again
6 min read
Clearing houses: The new too-big-to-fail firms
The banks have been tamed, but in the derivatives markets, some allege that the systemic risk has just moved houses
7 min read
How US investment banks left European rivals in the dust
The decade since Lehman Brothers' collapse saw US banks deal swiftly with their issues, while European lenders kicked the can down the road
11 min read
