Intro -- Series -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Lists of Spreadsheets -- Lists of Appendices -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Global Financial Crisis -- 2.1 Pre-crisis -- 2.2 The crisis -- 2.3 Regulatory reform -- 2.4 Backlash and criticisms -- 2.5 A...

The Global Financial Crisis, from 2007 onwards, illustrated the inherent weaknesses in the global financial system and some of their causes. In particular over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives were blamed by many for partially causing and catalysing the crisis. Not surprisingly, this has led to...