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AIG, Credit Default Swaps and the Financial Crisis

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| RISK RADAR REPORT |<br />

against greed <strong>and</strong> moral hazard is. In fact, as ironic as it might sound, most derivatives are<br />

fundamentally designed as risk management tools.<br />

Again with <strong>the</strong> benefit of hindsight, we have seen from <strong>the</strong> case of <strong>AIG</strong> how important it is to<br />

exercise prudent risk management with discipline, in both good times <strong>and</strong> bad.<br />

NTU – RISK MANAGEMENT SOCIETY – RESEARCH DEPARTMENT Page 10 of 12

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