Risk management/Operational risk
Op risk modelling to survive move to SMA
Models will still be needed to measure forward-looking risks under Pillar 2
Hackers’ jackpot: Mifid heightens cyber risk
Platforms and reporting entities develop individual solutions, but no silver bullet
Apac banks fear cyber risk capital shortfall under SMA
Method’s reliance on past losses and lack of scenario analysis could weaken cyber risk defences
Banks wrestle with conduct risk capital add-ons
Conduct risk-related additions to Pillar 2 capital raise questions over scope of UK’s Senior Managers Regime
JP, Citi may not see capital benefit from new op risk rules
Collins floor may also prevent Morgan Stanley, State Street and Wells Fargo from realising SMA savings
Chinese megabanks set to lose out in switch to SMA
Bank of China, ICBC likely to see lower reductions in operational risk capital due to reliance on interest income
Basel op risk modelling blow shifts focus to Pillar 2
Demise of AMA leaves industry needing risk-sensitive approach for calculating top-up capital, says consultant
Revised Basel output floor could hit US banks after all
Fall in operational risk weights could push up capital requirements for market and credit risk
Top 10 op risk losses of 2017: crisis-era fines abate
Total losses fell by half last year with large fines slowing; frauds take top three slots. Data by ORX News
Banks begin to model climate risk in loan portfolios
Environmental stress tests and scenario analysis reveal hidden risks
Risk culture: banks fall short in eyes of staff
Many risk managers believe their banks have work to do on understanding, measurement and management of risk culture
Monthly op risk losses: China bond fraud implicates leading banks
Breakdown of top five loss events. Data by ORX News
Review of 2017: All sorts of volatility, bar one
Markets were oddly calm this year, while everything else was in motion
Swift’s CRO on Bangladesh Bank heist, cyber risk and DLT
Quraishi lays out Swift’s approach to members’ security, and technological risks and opportunities
1MDB looms large in Asian banks’ war on money laundering
Banks in Asia-Pacific spurred by tougher enforcement and stricter AML rules
Apac banks dodge op risk capital hit from new rules
Chinese lenders have largest capital requirements in region; banks expect muted increase on average
Monthly op risk losses: NYDFS fines Credit Suisse for forex fails
Breakdown of top five loss events, plus conduct risk and robo-advising. Data by ORX News
Basel III: final op risk framework leaves banks guessing
Analysis suggests big capital savings on average, but uncertainty persists over uneven implementation
Basel III changes set to create big winners and losers
Capital hit for G-Sibs ranges from 28% drop to 43% jump, QIS reveals
Banks await Basel decision on legacy op risk losses
European banks could see big jump in capital if losses from legacy businesses are included in SMA
Carney: conduct risk failings could spark capital add-ons
Senior Managers Regime is helping BoE identify cultural weaknesses at individual firms, says governor
How to save op risk modelling
Drop loss categories and correlations and adopt simple loss distribution, advises AMA expert
Russian crypto-currency will threaten AML efforts
Targeting individuals and companies could be impossible with digital currency, write academics
JP Morgan’s CRO on the bank’s six buckets of risk
Risk30: From loan losses to electromagnetic pulses, JPMorgan Chase has a place for it