Articles by James Ryder
Regulators seek harmony on op resilience rules
Alignment on principles needed “in short order”, says Basel working group chair
BoE may update resilience guidance, post-Covid
OpRisk Europe: Granular targets on minimum service provision after outages could be revisited, adviser suggests
Alt data aims to shake up credit scoring business
Young firms, using machine learning methods to scrape consumer info, challenge established agency model
Covid scenarios, pt II: apocalypse how?
Second crowd-sourced scenario exercise reveals polarised views in equities and FX
Quant finance courses tested by Covid’s echoing classrooms
Universities fret over drop in international students and demands of online learning
Ethical funds balk at Europe’s new disclosure regime
Proposals for 32 reporting criteria are “unmanageable”, complain asset managers
Hacking threats growing in work-from-home era, fear CISOs
Covid-enforced remote working creates new threats and vulnerabilities for bad actors to exploit, say cyber experts
Conduct risks stalk banks in Libor transition
As replacement rate concerns become more pressing, firms fear Libor lawsuits and regulatory wrath
Mental health: the new frontline for risk management
Rise in stress and anxiety among locked-down staff could open up banks to range of risks
Big banks worry small lenders could derail Libor switch
As UK regulator reiterates 2021 warning, dealers say Covid-19 is forcing smaller lenders to divert resources
Virus weakens banks’ defences against internal fraud
Stressed markets and remote working leave firms vulnerable to op risks and cyber attacks
People moves: Citi Europe CRO to head crisis management; HSBC Global Asset Management hires strategy head; and more
Latest job changes across the industry
IT disruption chief concern in Top 10 Op Risks survey 2020
Risk managers cite data compromise, theft & fraud and third-party risk among other top worries
Quant Guide 2020: top programmes lean on alumni networks
For top schools, some of the most important students are the ones that have already graduated
Quant Guide 2020: programmes tap banks for teaching talent
Unis are adding machine learning and data science courses, but need instructors to teach them
Princeton tops Risk.net Quant Guide for second year running
UK’s Imperial ranks sixth; first university from mainland China features
Bank disruptors: Barclays finds blockchain nirvana
USC could transform financial markets. But first, backers must prove it is secure
Ready or not – a low-carbon economy is coming
Government and business must avert disorderly move away from fossil fuels, says Geneva Association’s Maryam Golnaraghi
People moves: CRO Landy takes helm at Brevan, SocGen names new Asia chief, Murray out at Bridgewater, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
The human touch: SMCR extension reaches smaller firms
Extended to nearly 50,000 firms, UK regime aims to pinpoint responsibility, from money laundering to #MeToo
IHS Markit loses risk analytics head to start-up
Andrew Aziz will join wealth management analytics firm d1g1t
Climate risk taxonomy close, but still a moving target – EC
FCA warns of ‘greenwashing’
HSBC’s Elhedery: banks must protect whistleblowers
Corporate culture must respect and reward complainants; compensation could help, says markets chief
Cat risk: why forecasting climate change is a disaster
Forecasters are poles apart on climate-driven catastrophes; insurers fear worse ahead