Articles by Ellen Davis
How operational risk protocols can forestall disaster
Could the subprime mortgage crisis – now estimated to have cost between $50 billion and $100 billion – be the opportunity that the discipline of operational risk has been waiting for?
The risk information challenge: Bringing technology to bear
A roundtable discussion hosted by OpRisk&Compliance and sponsored by BearingPoint explored the difficulties around obtaining robust risk information and disseminating intelligence back into the organisation. Moderated by Ellen Davis
Op risk can learn from Berlin's renaissance
I was in Berlin in June at a conference on business processes. Now, some people might think this is probably not how they would choose to spend their time. But the event was something of a revelation to me.
The trouble with GRC
Governance, risk and compliance is posing thorny challenges for many executives
Risk information: science or art?
Industry experts gathered for a roundtable discussion in New York at the end of May to debate the ways firms acquire and use information about risks. Moderated by Ellen Davis
The cream of the crop
OpRisk & Compliance Achievement Awards
Defining the boundaries
Him Chuan Lim, Basel II programme director at DBS Bank in Singapore, talks to Ellen Davis about operational risk's complex relationship with both credit risk and market risk
What to do with the treasure we've found?
This month, I've quite literally been around the world checking on the state of the operational risk industry. From my base in London, I've been to our conferences in both Singapore and New York.
Achieving business benefit from Mifid
E-symposium panellists explore how compliance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive can be turned into a plus for the business lines affected by the EU legislation. Moderated by Ellen Davis
A question of discipline
Op risk is showing signs of maturing, although there is still much work to be done. So delivering value to the business continues to be a substantial challenge, according to a new survey
Untangling the risk information knot
In a new OpRisk & Compliance Intelligence survey, sponsored by BearingPoint Management & Technology Consultants, data issues rank high on the risk executive's list of problems. Can Web 2.0 change the face of risk information collection?
Dealing with the rise of Web 2.0
The rise of Web 2.0 may seem in some ways to be a subject rather remote to the normal concerns of an op risk or compliance executive.
Keeping pace with a changing industry
Welcome to the 'new look' OpRisk & Compliance magazine. As many of our long-time readers will know, OpRisk & Compliance has come a long way over the past few years – we are working hard to keep up with the rapid evolution of the disciplines of…
Six can fix it
Op risk executives get visibly animated when discussing the subject of Six Sigma, but not many are taking advantage of it. Ellen Davis asks why
GAO report: common sense with a twist
The new report from the US's Government Accountability Office has much common sense in it.
Resolving the confusion
Risk control self-assessments have become a Tower of Babel for the op risk discipline, with a variety of different approaches being taken. Ellen Davis reports
A kick up the backside
Just what are the world's regulators doing to help move forward the discussion around operational risk?
Preparation is everything
Compliance with the November deadline for Mifid is what firms are focusing on. Business opportunities come second, reports Ellen Davis
Russia opens up
Russia is moving ahead with Basel II implementation, with a new industry working group and new regulatory rules. Ellen Davis reports
Keeping an eye on complacency
When it comes to AML initiatives, companies are displaying a worrying disregard for the perils of this criminal threat, despite recognising it as such. By Ellen Davis
Time for change
Implementation of the core principles of op risk still has a long way to go in the Asia-Pacific region. Ellen Davis reports
The advancing tide of rationalisation
Rationalisation, rationalisation, rationalisation. There is no denying it, this is the major theme in operational risk in the US at the moment, and it is a trend that is spreading to Europe as well.
Debating RCSAs
Four of the industry's top op risk executives debated risk control self-assessments at a recent briefing in London, moderated by Ellen Davis and sponsored by software vendor Reveleus
