Much has been made of this topic following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, probably the key moment of the financial crisis, and rightly so; we witnessed a fundamental change in the way that advisers and investors thought about making investments. No longer was the key consideration linked to market direction but a new risk metric, admittedly always a consideration, had come to the fore; counterparty risk. This very permanent dynamic has remained with us since, with additional regulator