by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Mar 23, 2026 | Risk Report
It is a known fact that if you keep those low-rise/high-waist/baggy/skinny/bell-bottom/bootcut/wide-leg jeans in your closet long enough, they are bound to be fashionable again. It is even better if you had forgotten about them and then find them just at the right...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Mar 17, 2026 | Risk Report
After the failures of Tricolor, a Texas-based subprime lender, and First Brands, an automotive supplier, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase famously said that if you see one cockroach there are probably more around. Late in February, another one (allegedly) showed up in...
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...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Feb 10, 2026 | Risk Report
It is rare that we talk about digital assets in The Risk Report, and that is a bit myopic because there is an overwhelming likelihood that digital assets, and especially the technology to store and transfer them, will encapsulate and be our global financial...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Feb 2, 2026 | Risk Report
I am always in awe of the vast specificity of the English language, so imagine my delight to find out that there is a word for the fear of bubbles: trypophobia. While the word most commonly refers to the fear of actual bubbles, such as soap, gum, or boba, I will take...
