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Basel Committee conference solidifies support for Pillar I approach
The long-awaited conference on operational risk issues, organised by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervisions' risk management group, helped solidify support among both bankers and international regulators for the inclusion of operational risk in…
Risk's Basel II Forum > Patricia Jackson to give keynote address
Patricia Jackson, the Bank of England's Special Advisor on Financial Stability, will be giving a keynote address at Risk magazine's first Basel II Forum ( www.risk.net/baselforum ).
Prop desks set to reap rewards of forex volatility
Banks could be reaping rewards from their proprietary foreign exchange trading desks, as swift intra-day market moves continue, dealers told RiskNews ’ sister publication FX Week .
Ferc calls for risk manager vigilance
The director of the office of market oversight and investigations (OMOI) at theUS Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc), has urged energy risk managersto alert his office to any suspicious market practices.
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Abbey National snaps up Op risk solution from Raft
UK bank Abbey National has purchased raft radar, an operational risk management system from London-based software provider Raft International.
Basel Committee publishes additional QIS3 results
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published additional statistical data from the third quantitative impact study (QIS3), which was originally released on May 5.
Fed's Ferguson says Basel II will apply to 20 US banks
The number of US banks expected to implement Basel II is now likely to be twice the number unveiled to a stunned international banking community during Congressional testimony in February, Roger Ferguson, vice-chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has told…
Bank risk disclosure improving, says Basel Committee
A new report from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision says that, overall, banks are improving their disclosure of credit, market, operational and other risks in their annual reports.
Radwan working paper released
Alexander Radwan, a member of the European parliament (MEP) for Germany, released another draft of his working paper on the European Commission's capital adequacy directive (CAD) on May 20.
Credit derivatives disclosure still lacking, says Basel Committee
The disclosure by banks related to their credit mitigation techniques is still lacking, according to a survey released today by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The survey analysed public disclosure by banks in 2001 and found that, although…
SunGard to help Irish companies comply with Basel II
SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, an operating group of US technology company SunGard, has teamed up with Dublin–based software services consulting company Client Solutions to help banks and non-financial institutions across Ireland meet regulatory and…
US Congress tries to tame Basel II
Members of the US House of Representatives have proposed a bill that would place Congress firmly in control of the nation's Basel II debate.
Compliance systems are key to reputational risk, says Sullivan & Cromwell's Cohen
Regulators look to the strength of a firm's compliance system when deciding how aggressively to pursue it for rule violations, according to Rodgin Cohen, chairman of law firm Sullivan & Cromwell.
Raroc pioneer now questions use of risk analytics
Dan Borge, who developed the first widely used enterprise-wide risk management system, risk-adjusted return on capital (or Raroc) while head of global research and corporate strategy at Bankers Trust in the 1970s and 1980s, now questions whether…
CRO role vital for restoring confidence to energy sector, says Kaminski
Chief risk officers (CROs) have a vital role in helping to shape the future of the troubled energy sector, and should report directly to the board of energy companies if investor confidence is to be rebuilt in the sector, Vincent Kaminski, senior vice…
Icap to broker economic derivatives
Icap has agreed to broker the parimutuel auction-based economic derivatives jointly developed by Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, the firms announced today. Icap will offer the full range of economic derivatives, including vanilla and digital options and…
US power sector slows decline - Fitch
The US power sector has seen little more than a “deceleration in the rate of its decline” in 2003, according to Richard Hunter, managing director of rating agency Fitch’s global power group.
Risk Italia 2003: Growing proficiency in risk management allows more risk, says Cocco
Increasing proficiency by risk managers is allowing financial institutions to run more risk, according to Pierfrancesco Cocco, head of risk management at Banca Monte di Paschi di Siena. Speaking today at Risk’s inaugural Risk Italia conference in Milan,…
Industry leaders revive client-facing forex options teams
Top-tier banks are moving to set up core groups of client-facing options specialists, turning away from a previous trend to re-train all sales dealers to have derivatives expertise.
Tremont Advisers pushes new fund of hedge funds benchmark
Tremont Advisers, a fund of hedge funds with more than $8 billion in assets under management, based in Rye, New York, is proposing a new fund-of-hedge-fund performance benchmark comprising a blend of 70% three-month Libor and 30% S&P 500. If it catches…
RBS selects Algo credit to manage global wholesale credit limits
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has selected Algo Credit to manage its global limits and exposures management from Algorithmics, the Toronto-based provider of risk management software.
QIS3 results released by Basel Committee
A paper outlining the results of the third quantitative impact study (QIS3) was released by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision yesterday.