
Duncan Wood
Global editorial director, Risk.net
Duncan Wood is the London-based global editorial director, promoted to this role at the start of 2019. Prior to this, Duncan was editor-in-chief of Risk.net from 2015, with a remit to lead the editorial reorganisation of the website and its print titles. Duncan had been editor of Risk magazine since July 2011. He rejoined Risk as European editor in October 2009, having originally worked for Risk and Asia Risk in London and Hong Kong as a writer and researcher between 1998 and 2000.
In the intervening years, Duncan was news editor for the Oliver Wyman-founded online start-up ERisk.com. He also worked freelance for six years while living in Germany, with his work appearing in Euromoney, Financial News, IFR, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as Risk magazine and its sister titles.
Duncan has written about derivatives and risk throughout his 17-year career in journalism. He is a Neal Awards finalist, and has also won Incisive Media’s journalist and editor of the year awards.
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Articles by Duncan Wood
Setting the scene
Scenario analysis is often used to plug the gaps that conventional data can't fill. But it might have more to offer. Duncan Wood investigates
Strength in numbers
Data consortiums for loss information are popping up all over the globe. Why are they proving so popular? Duncan Wood reports
Keeping the wheels turning
When confronted with business continuity issues, energy giant E.ON used to turn to a printed manual. Now it has introduced a constantly evolving system to deal with BCP challenges. Duncan Wood investigates
Future options
Operational risk derivatives have been touted for a few years now, but interest in them moves in waves. The current tide is high, however. Duncan Wood tests the water
Decoding the data
With less than six months to go before Mifid takes effect, banks need to address the data-storage and management requirements they will face. Duncan Wood reports
Profile: Joe Sabatini and the rules of engagement
The guiding principles of Basel II are now shrouded in mists of regulatory detail, says JP Morgan's Joe Sabatini. He tells Duncan Wood op risk managers must now look beyond mere compliance, and focus on adding value to their firms
Bumf and bumf-ability
Each time a directive is altered in the run-up to implementation, the resulting rewording and reprinting of documentation can prove almost as challenging as getting the changes accepted by the industry. When that directive is as large as Mifid, a whole…
All in the mind
The number of op risk patent applications filed in the US has soared. Duncan Wood investigates the efforts being made to protect intellectual property