Risk management/Operational risk
Beating the drum on cyber risk: the battle for boardroom attention
Delays patching financial sector vulnerabilities highlight the need for more internal clout for cyber chiefs
Tall order: why a unified op risk taxonomy is still elusive
Banks vary in how they classify operational risk losses – and regulators are in no rush to change the status quo
EquiLend cyber hack exposes trade reporting dependence
Ransomware attack at securities lending platform disrupts regulatory compliance
Op risk data: US piqued by Pictet tax breach
Also: US Bank’s Covid failings; South Korea’s short-selling clampdown. Data by ORX News
US climate guidance stokes debate over defining material risks
Banks welcome flexibility, but it could lead to big divergence on climate risk management
FMIs get busy, as supervisors circle
Via new roles and controls, exchanges and clearers hope to “get ahead” of regulatory wave
Will generative AI crack the code for bank tech teams?
Banks could roll out tools to help translate old – or write new – code within months
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
Op Risk Benchmarking, round III: the FMIs
Decade of change has seen exchanges and CCPs grow in size and importance, dragging their management of op risk into the regulatory spotlight
Op risk data: Monster real estate loan fraud bites Vietnam’s SCB
Also: Binance brought to book, Rabobank reprimanded over bond cartel. Data by ORX News
Regulators pushing CCPs and exchanges on op risk
Op Risk Benchmarking: In latest batch of data, FMIs report growing scrutiny, plus watchdog asks for stress tests, monitoring and more
Climate risk overlays unnerve model-validation teams
Risk Live: Model risk managers fear they lack the data or skills to properly test expert judgement
Clearing members combing rule books after LME lawsuit win
Industry debates whether other CCPs and exchanges would cancel trades if faced with similar crisis
Op risk data: TD Bank takes $95m pill for pyramid scheme
Also: GE settles after juicing asset manager sale; keeping conflicts of interest quiet. Data by ORX News
Europe looks to US for guidance as market braces for T+1
Operations professionals in Europe look across the pond for lessons in managing shorter settlement cycles
New UK fraud rules intensify global focus on third-party risk
Firms will have responsibility to ensure “associated” persons are taking steps to prevent fraud
CME’s Span 2 margin model generates systems headaches
Market participants welcome smarter margin requirements, but not the computational workload
Op risk data: Cigna catches a $172m cold over fake diagnoses
Also: Shinhan Bank America breaks AML rules; more greenwashing grime at DWS. Data by ORX news
Can CCPs provide a port in a storm for securities lending?
Basel III, T+1 and EquiLend scandal all incentivise clearing, but also disintermediation
Banks grapple with concentration risk from fourth parties
Risk Live: Third-party vendors are increasingly reliant on the same subcontractors
Regulator warns against ‘happy endings’ for op risk wargames
Risk Live: Bankers say third parties should also be at the table when simulating crisis scenarios