I was impressed to see that, as far back as 2004, the network was exhibiting its talent for foresight, which I have already mentioned, in investigating a number of issues on bank contagion in Europe, interbank exposures, liquidity and systemic risk.
And as far back at 2003, when the issue was still low on the financial markets radar, the network was examining private equity issues. Also, and more intriguingly, it looked at "heatwaves and meteor showers" - something we were in short supply of here over the past summer.