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Adios AMA: Basel proposal to bin op risk models worries banks

In December, the Basel Committee says it will propose scrapping the use of banks' internal models in calculating minimum capital for operational risk. Banks worry that such a move would discourage investment in op risk modelling and make the world a riskier place

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Death of a thousand flowers: is this the end for internal modelling?

Back in 2001, supervisors at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision faced a tricky decision about how best to incorporate the emerging field of operational risk into their revised capital framework. Regulators had decided that, alongside market risk and credit risk, op risk ought to be reflected for the first time in Basel II. But how should the most sophisticated firms go about modelling it

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Emerging trends in op risk

Karen Man, partner and member of the global financial institutions leadership team at Baker McKenzie, discusses emerging op risks in the wake of the Covid‑19 pandemic, a rise in cyber attacks, concerns around conduct and culture, and the complexities of…

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