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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:26 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:51:43 +0000Newspapers60http://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://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b578f4fe-d532-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b578f4fe-d532-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlIt is difficult to imagine what was going through the brain of Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein when the bank announced a $500m initiative to help small US businessesThu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7aa1a462-cd6b-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7aa1a462-cd6b-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlThe way that scientists in Reading are trying to measure flood risk has fascinating parallels with a topic now confronting G20 leaders – namely, macroprudential regulationMon, 9 Nov 2009 20:28:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5874e922-ca1d-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5874e922-ca1d-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlDon't let the fact that no clearing house has failed before create complacency, writes Gillian TettThu, 5 Nov 2009 16:19:56 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/785f203a-c4a1-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/785f203a-c4a1-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlWhat is being quietly tried in Singapore's property market may yet spread to western markets, writes Gillian TettThu, 29 Oct 2009 16:26:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe92f40e-ba67-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe92f40e-ba67-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.htmlGlobal equity strategists do not often star in Hollywood films. Right now, however, that fate has befallen Ajay Kapur, an analyst who formerly worked for CitiFri, 16 Oct 2009 18:04:52 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d40409a-b419-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d40409a-b419-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.htmlSome financiers, investors and policy makers are belatedly trying to combat tunnel vision and fragmentation, writes Gillian Tett Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:21:06 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/904f0508-aee3-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/904f0508-aee3-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlThis fascinating ethnographic analysis on the behaviour of Wall Street banks produces a fascinating portrait that will be refreshingly novel to most bankers, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 2 Oct 2009 23:17:53 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/e83328e2-a963-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e83328e2-a963-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe playwright talks to Gillian Tett about his latest work 'The Power of Yes' and explains why he cannot understand, let alone empathise with, bankers' motivesFri, 25 Sep 2009 21:33:11 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9fab31c4-a926-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9fab31c4-a926-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.htmlIt remains tough for regulators to assess whether risks are being handled sensibly, due to a paucity of counterparty dataThu, 24 Sep 2009 17:35:07 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/178ea472-a3b5-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/178ea472-a3b5-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.html'SIV' has become almost as taboo a term as 'subprime securitisation'. But Barclays 'newly established fund' called Protium Finance excites a twinge of déjà vu Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:14:06 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/489b60fe-9e2a-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/489b60fe-9e2a-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.htmlI don't know whether Lloyd Blankfein is a fan of English football. Right now, however, the head of Goldman Sachs might do well to peek at Chelsea football club, says Gillian Tett Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:00:54 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f197ed60-98a5-11de-aa1b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f197ed60-98a5-11de-aa1b-00144feabdc0.htmlThousands of financiers were punished after the Savings & Loans scandals in the 1990s. Gillian Tett examines why so few prosecutions have emerged from the current crisis Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:33:42 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/980e9ec8-92f2-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/980e9ec8-92f2-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.htmlPolicymakers, politicians, investors and bankers must be willing to keep remaking policy as the world evolvesThu, 27 Aug 2009 11:26:59 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/96810a0e-8d8f-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96810a0e-8d8f-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.htmlRegulators must start thinking more about power structures, vested interests and social silence, writes Gillian TettThu, 20 Aug 2009 15:17:05 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/098ac1ec-882d-11de-82e4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fgilliantetthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/098ac1ec-882d-11de-82e4-00144feabdc0.htmlSome western regulators are tossing the idea about whether lessons learnt from preparing for death could prove useful for the modern banking worldThu, 13 Aug 2009 19:50:28 +0100