Special/Risk management
Geopolitics is harsh terrain for FMIs
Idiosyncratic nature of disputes and flare-ups leaves exchange and infrastructure operators blending metrics with guesswork
FMIs look to resilience planning to keep the lights on
Wary of customer and supervisory scrutiny, bourses are pouring resources into scenario planning and controls
Information security: too important to leave to the experts?
Holding a trove of sensitive data, FMIs seek greater safety through shared oversight and smarter reporting
Barking bank watchdogs don’t need to bite
Regional banks add staff, layer up controls to mitigate compliance risks
Execution & process errors: banks try to get beyond blunderdome
Mistakes mean more data for reporting, models and scenarios. But do banks learn from them?
Up to their necks in it: banks wrestle with change management
Banks recognise risks in transformation, but struggle to measure them
On cyber risk, regionals have no appetite for disruption
Smaller lenders fear outages and other IT bungles, as do regulators. So, what are they doing about it?
Maximum insecurity: banks tool up to meet cyber threat
Lenders confront “existential” threat of data leaks with bigger teams and better controls
Power play: how geopolitics is shaping op risk at G-Sibs
Geopolitics is a top five fear for G-Sibs, but most banks lack specialist risk staff and classical tools
No tick-the-box approach to compliance risks
G-Sibs share fear of regulatory run-ins, but lack common stance on modelling, KRIs and more
Bread-and-butter op risks at the top table
As G-Sibs are forced to do more, how can they avoid doing more wrong?
Sizing cyber: banks split on who owns and measures hack threats
G-Sibs split on risk modelling and management for IT disruption and infosec
Top 10 operational risks: Focus on regulatory risk
Tougher regulatory enforcement, new consumer rules and rise of ESG are ringing alarm bells
Top 10 operational risks: Focus on third-party risk
Ion hack deals industry painful reminder on drawbacks of outsourcing
Top 10 operational risks: Focus on cyber risk
All firms fear data breach; smaller banks also concerned over IT disruption
Risk.net’s top 10 investment risks for 2023
Geopolitical frictions, sticky inflation and a hard landing are among the hazards cited by investors
Risk Awards 2022: the winners
JP Morgan claims top derivatives house, lifetime award for Mark Carney, BofA wins rates
Risk Awards 2021: the winners
Final winners announced: Citi wins derivatives house, lifetime award for Ken Griffin
Top 10 operational risks for 2018
The biggest op risks for 2018, as chosen by industry practitioners
SMA: the story so far
Read Risk.net's coverage on the controversial move to the standardised measurement approach