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Basel's risk definitions open to interpretation in common-law countries...
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
Regulatory compliance costs are set to be significant for the next few years as the regulatory landscape changes, and uncertainty and limited management time could pose even more problems
For the financial sector, as for philosophers, the ideal is to have rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty. But the rules of finance are continually changing – the reaction to economic crisis...
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Airline op risk frameworks and what financial firms could emulate
While professionals in the aviation industry have a different motivation for minimising risk, many of the issues they deal with are similar to those faced by banks
Regulation, quantification and cyber risk at Zurich
Zurich's chief risk officer for general insurance, Steve Wilson, talks about why quantifying op risk is so important
Why, when and how should loss data be scaled?
An issue for op risk managers is scaling modelling data to a relevant size without sacrificing its value through over-manipulation. Using a query model to determine which data to use makes the process easier and reduces the risk of cherry-picking favourable...
Mitigating the risk of organised crime on banks' call centres
To avoid having its call centre targeted by an organised crime gang, a bank needs to ensure it has enough controls in place to deter criminals, but not so many that it becomes less useful to customers
OpRisk North America highlights the limitations of risk management
Discussion at Operational Risk & Regulation’s New York conference focused on limitations of operational risk management, particularly the risks associated with models, data and calculations
National Bank of Belgium's Rudi Bonte on his first year of twin-peaks...
Rudi Bonte at Belgium’s central bank understands twin peaks supervision, having worked through its implementation there. And as a member of the Basel Committee and the European Banking Authority, he knows what to expect from Basel III and European standards....
US debate grows over value of stress testing
US law now mandates annual stress tests for banks - but their relevance to op risk managers is disputed
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