Articles by Mark Sands
Bank of England to lay off up to 100 staff, and other recent job news
Changing hats – March 2014
Criminal minds and increased surveillance
All you survey
OpRisk Europe: Implementation is key
Changing the rules
Op risk needs greater R&D effort, say US regulators
Senior Fed regulators call on banks to restart research into op risk management
Emerging risk detection continues to pose dangers
Regulators keen to see evidence of how institutions identify emerging risks in next round of stress tests
OpRisk Europe: Revised ORX reporting standards due imminently
New standards will clarify definitions and requirements for reporting to loss data consortium
OpRisk Europe: Business continuity must be "reloaded"
Volksbank op risk head says many continuity plans do not reflect lessons from the financial crisis
Media-savvy US regulators may play on fear of wiretaps after Galleon success
Former SEC and DoJ spokesman says uncertainty over new tactics is a powerful tool
Op risk in Canada: a recipe for success
Oh, Canada
Citi's Wertheim: Operational risk function must detect to protect
Detective stories
Fed to kick off annual stress-testing programme 'towards end of the year'
FRB building models to compare and benchmark bank results from late 2011
Firms could face Bribery Act prosecution over FCPA compliance
UK regulators could use documentation provided to US counterparts as evidence of facilitation payments
Rajaratnam: 'The Wire' meets Wall Street
OR&R speaks to lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic to divine the implications of the largest insider-trading conviction of all time
Bribery Act requirements just good business practice, says consultancy
Kroll chair, Tommy Helsby, says firms should already have most systems in place and implementing better procedures will benefit businesses
Information management problems hurting institutions, says study
Financial institutions struggling to address issues around document control and email management
Institutions must increase scrutiny of sanctions lists after Bin Laden's death
The death of Osama Bin Laden is likely to mean movement of terrorist assets, which means banks must be on their guard, says Logica director
Lawyer warns of securities fraud lawsuits over foreclosure crisis
Bank of America faces lawsuit over charges of witholding information on failings, and others could follow
OpRisk North America: risk appetite, supermodels and reform
Northern exposure
Stephen O'Connor elected new chair of Isda
Morgan Stanley's global head of OTC client clearing takes the helm
Vickers report suggests capital increase for large UK institutions
Independent Commission on Banking recommends 10% core tier-one capital. Possible reduction with living will
Irish regulator lacked 'capacity and will' pre-crisis admits Elderfield
Ireland's chief regulator has provided more detail on the recent stress tests carried out by the central bank of Ireland and plans to increase the powers of the body
The ORR 20: Op risk software survey
Room to move
Operational risk reigns down in Africa
Towards salvation
Changing Hats, April 2011
The latest movers and shakers in operational risk