Risk management/Operational risk
NY Fed CRO urges banks to improve risk controls
Risk USA: Tangled web of controls threatens ability to recover from attacks, says Rosenberg
Stress-testing to improve strategic decision‑making
Banking regulators remain focused on expanding and developing the range of stress-testing regimes across the globe to maintain stability, monitor emerging risks and avoid another financial crisis. Here, a forum of industry leaders discusses the evolution…
Banks detect daylight between EC and EBA on op risk capital
EC consultation seeks input on ‘cliff effects’ of including past losses
US clearers move to dole out losses besides default
ICC wants members to chip in on investment and custodial losses; the OCC, on the whole op risk enchilada
Op risk data: Rogue trading costs Mitsubishi $320m
Also: QR code scam costs ING customers; Australia banks hit with Pillar 2 add-ons. Data by ORX News
Risk oversight at Aussie banks under fire again
Asic criticises boards and management for immature oversight of op risks
A behavioural lens could help manage human risk
Human decision-making needs careful watching. For that, behavioural science can help
FCA has active pipeline of misconduct investigations
As expansion of SMR to smaller firms looms, regulator says plenty of bankers are under scrutiny
Aussie regulator signals tougher misconduct stance
Asic warns it will use new powers to punish misconduct in wake of excoriating Royal Commission review
Op risk data: Sanctions-busting fines cost banks $20bn
Also: ABN pays out for risk profiling fail; Deutsche settles nepotism charges. Data by ORX News
Complex op risk models open to high error, study finds
Measuring 1-in-1,000 year loss events ‘unrealistic’, researchers say
New op risk taxonomy set for October debut
Project is being closely watched by banks and regulators amid frustrations with legacy Basel approach
Carney: Germany and France risk Brexit derivatives cliff edge
BoE governor says it is in EU countries’ “interest” to ensure full viability of financial contracts pre-Brexit
Uniform? Op risk capital rules go their own ways
Europe and Canada set to include historical losses in new standardised approach; Australia probably not
Op risk data: Mifid fines hit $140m
Top five: Deutsche pays €175m to settle derivatives bribery claims. Data by ORX News
Banks queasy over idea of building cyber trust
They agree that sharing intel on cyber threats is a good thing. But that doesn’t mean they want to
FRTB internal models in fight for survival
Basel III capital floor leaves banks struggling to justify own-models approach, say risk experts
Is there safety in numbers for op risk? One regtech thinks so
Acin’s library of op risks allows banks to compare their controls with their peers’
Asia-Pacific banks revise conduct scorecards
DBS, Maybank and others tweak performance metrics to reward good behaviour over hard sales
Op risk data: losses decline sharply in first half
Conduct losses account for most of $8.5 billion total. Data by ORX News
BoE probes banks on machine learning use
Risk Live: watchdog wants to know “how prevalent” ML models are, say execs
ABA scenario analysis project could aid CCAR comparability
Scheme to agree on common risk drivers could help Fed benchmark risk exposures, says JP op risk expert
Keeping the robots honest
Human overseers are in short supply in an arena where losses can be crippling in minutes