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Rutledge Advises Bond Investors to Read the Footnotes — NY Times

A New York Times articles on the risks and yields of investing in bonds quotes R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge, who cautions investors to seek qualified advice and carry out their own research on bond issues. Read the full article by Geraldine Fabrikant, “In Bonds, a Balance of Risks and Yields,” The New York Times, […]

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Rutledge on the Paradox of Securitization

R&R Consulting’s Ann Rutledge notes that the financial crisis has demonstrated the need for new fraud risk models to facilitate sound economic decisions within the capitalist framework. Paradoxically, while improper use of securitization  brought on the financial crisis, properly implemented securitization models could help revive the economy by recycling capital more efficiently and transparently.
Read “The Paradox […]

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Ann Rutledge: The Balance between Risk and Return is Everybody’s Business

The 2008 taxpayer bailout and a long string of corporate restructurings and downsizings have shifted risk from corporations to individuals. Most Americans were caught in a high-stakes Monopoly game where they didn’t know the rules.
Read the full article on the Carnegie Council website.

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R&R In the News — NHK (Japan)

Sylvain Raynes and Ann Rutledge are featured in a segment of “NHK Special,” a “60 Minutes”-style public affairs program that will air in the U.S. on Sunday, July 6, at 10:00 PM EST on TV Japan. The segment originally aired nationwide in Japan on June 23.
Sylvain and Ann specifically address the subprime crisis, how it happened, […]

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"You won’t know who to trust." (from Sneakers)

In early 2004, we were asked to join a professional support team to help a new equipment lessor get financing through the structured market. The premise of the deal, the team, and our role in it, were not new. The endgame, to get a monoline insurance company to wrap the senior tranches so as to […]

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In the Tranches

Ever wonder what it’d be like to steer a portfolio through today’s turbulent credit market? Now you can!“The Accidental Trader”, an online game developed by New York-based structured finance consultancy R&R Consulting simulates the real-life experience of a risk manager managing the credit risks of a large portfolio. Feel the thrills and chills as your […]

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