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OpRisk Europe: Biggest operational risk posed by people, survey finds
Respondents to a survey at the OpRisk Europe conference overwhelmingly point to people as the biggest operational risk
The Basel Committee definitions of op risk, legal risk and compliance risk might not be adequate for countries with a common-law system, such as South Africa
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New Prime Finance panel could tackle debt crisis disputes
An arbitration panel set up to tackle derivatives disputes could also tackle eurozone debt crisis issues, says Jeffrey Golden, architect of the Isda master agreement
CFTC and SEC facing legal anxiety over cost-benefit analyses
A major legal victory challenging a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule over inadequate cost-benefit analyses could create a wave of similar litigation targeting SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Dodd-Frank rules – to the mounting...
Deutsche-Ille ruling changes sales practices for German dealers
Six months after a German federal court ruled against Deutsche Bank in a derivatives mis-selling case, dealers in the country are still wrestling with the implications, but some have already tweaked their sales practices. By Alex Monro
Inclusion of legal losses in op risk databases has banks fretting
Banks worry Basel rules requiring legal events to be included in operational risk databases earlier might mean the information is used against them in legal proceedings
Former BA trustees vow court battle over move to CPI
The former trustees of the BA Airways Pension Scheme have vowed to take the scheme to court over its controversial move to stop paying pensions in line with RPI inflation
OpRisk Europe: Implementation is key
Speakers at OpRisk Europe focused on the challenges brought by rule changes – what supervisors are doing to provide clarity and avoid regulatory arbitrage, and what firms can do to ensure they’re ready
OpRisk Europe: Incorporating legal risk "not a done deal" at Deutsche
Rob Nagra of Deutsche Bank tells of the tough journey Deutsche have had to get legal risk recognised as operational risk, while another international bank has found it easy
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