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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comThu, 8 May 2008 17:40 BSTTue, 13 May 2008 18:00:30 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/gilliantett(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c164b2c-1d1c-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c164b2c-1d1c-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlSentiment must stabilise and the system recapitalised before fresh signs of credit turmoil emerge, writes Gillian TettThu, 8 May 2008 17:40 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5a8690e-1797-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5a8690e-1797-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlRestoring sanity to the structured credit market is likely to take more time, writes Gillian TettThu, 1 May 2008 17:13 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7caad0ae-1218-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7caad0ae-1218-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlIn a world where some traders have never seen oil consistently below $50 a barrel, there is cause for worry, writes Gillian TettThu, 24 Apr 2008 17:22 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/43ede9e2-0c9e-11dd-86df-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/43ede9e2-0c9e-11dd-86df-0000779fd2ac.htmlIf someone offers you seemingly free money you ought to smell a rat, writes Gillian TettThu, 17 Apr 2008 17:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f54ef486-fc29-11dc-9229-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f54ef486-fc29-11dc-9229-000077b07658.htmlA bout of witch-hunting has broken out on Wall Street but the real issue needing discussed is the wider system of banking oversightThu, 27 Mar 2008 18:27 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eca3566e-f5e0-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eca3566e-f5e0-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.htmlStand by for more sacrificial victims as the US comes to terms with market stresses, writes Gillian TettTue, 25 Mar 2008 12:45 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/928d490a-f48c-11dc-aaad-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/928d490a-f48c-11dc-aaad-0000779fd2ac.htmlIn recent years, bankers have succumbed to the idea that the credit world was all about numbers and complex computer models. These days, however, this assumption looks...Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:00 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e2e787a-f455-11dc-aaad-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e2e787a-f455-11dc-aaad-0000779fd2ac.htmlWhat we are witnessing right now is not just a collapse of faith in one single institution or even an asset class. It stems from a loss of trust in the whole style of modern finance, writes Gillian Tett Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:23 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c09e9d6a-f123-11dc-a91a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c09e9d6a-f123-11dc-a91a-0000779fd2ac.htmlWhen is a bail-out not quite a bail-out? When it occurs in a US election year, writes Gillian TettThu, 13 Mar 2008 17:38 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08f9eb1a-ebb5-11dc-9493-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08f9eb1a-ebb5-11dc-9493-0000779fd2ac.htmlInvestors are not buying credit because they have a nasty feeling that while it looks cheap, it could be cheaper in the futureThu, 6 Mar 2008 22:08 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85d000a6-e0a3-11dc-b0d7-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85d000a6-e0a3-11dc-b0d7-0000779fd2ac.htmlPeople with real experience of credit derivatives are too young to have climbed the greasy management pole, writes Gillian TettThu, 21 Feb 2008 17:48 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66db756a-de5d-11dc-9de3-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66db756a-de5d-11dc-9de3-0000779fd2ac.htmlUS banks have been quietly borrowing massive amounts of money from the Federal Reserve by using a new measure the Fed introduced two months ago to help ease the credit crunchMon, 18 Feb 2008 20:34 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f963c28-d5e8-11dc-bbb2-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f963c28-d5e8-11dc-bbb2-0000779fd2ac.htmlEarlier this week I chatted with a jet-lagged US financier. Like many of his ilk, he is flitting around the Middle East and Asia trying to extract finance from sovereign wealth funds and othersFri, 8 Feb 2008 02:00 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b11ae68-d028-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b11ae68-d028-11dc-9309-0000779fd2ac.htmlSpain's banks have weathered the credit crisis relatively well, compared to their European peers, providing lessons about coordinating bank supervision and central banking, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:43 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0929f0da-cf86-11dc-854a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0929f0da-cf86-11dc-854a-0000779fd2ac.htmlMoody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch plan to appoint advisory boards and to separate sales teams from credit analysis to address the conflicts of interest issue, writes Gillian Tett Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:11 GMT