Francesco Giuliani has merged a practitioner and an academic approach to the banking sector: this book, derived from his doctoral thesis, focuses on the evolution of debt and equity during the recent financial crisis (2008-2012). Francesco has an extensive experience on fixed income derivatives and balance sheet analysis; he proposes an alternative reading from the standard RWA model (regulatory model) to assess the capital adequacy of major players in the banking sector with respect to market risk. Francesco has been working for a major European investment bank for 12 years, covering financial institutions in the field of fixed income products.