The Early Bird Defines the Worm

by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Aug 31, 2026 | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Risk Report

Cobras at Risk

by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Aug 13, 2026 | Risk Report

Can I Put You On Hold?

by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Jun 1, 2026 | Risk Report

Please, Release Me, Let Me Go

by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Mar 9, 2026 | Risk Report

My crinkly brain has been stuck on this song Please, Release Me (1949) made popular by Engelbert Humperdinck in 1967 (look up Izzard’s skit about workshopping that artist name). It gets weirder because the earworm was brought to me by an owl, specifically Blue Owl...

The End of the BINO

by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Dec 8, 2025 | Risk Report

Can a financial institution call itself a bank without having a banking license, that is, be a Bank In Name Only (BINO)? Recently, the central bank of Brazil announced that using the word bank in the name requires permission and the fulfillment of particular capital...