Risk management/Operational risk
Banks and regulators 'must take Bitcoin more seriously'
Industry unclear on future of Bitcoin
SEC names new chief of enforcement unit
New lead for SEC's complex financial instruments unit
AMA, RCSAs and dealing with Libor at Rabobank
Dutch bank Rabobank has shaken off its Libor label pretty quickly, leaving it to focus on its co-operative roots, the AMA and its RCSA roll-out. Anne Snel-Simmons, head of operational risk management at Rabobank, talks to OpRisk about the challenges of…
SEC whistleblower retaliation protection ambiguous, lawyer warns
Protection for whistleblowers not clear cut
Op risk, FVA and OIS - Risk.net’s top stories of 2013
Operational risks, funding valuation adjustment and the money made by one dealer in the early days of OIS discounting – the top stories of the year on Risk.net
FCA skilled persons reviews 'a distraction from compliance', experts warn
Stronger FCA focus may be diverting resources from day-to-day compliance tasks
Kill switches may lead to systemic risk, expert warns
Recent calls for kill switches may be misguided
Hedge funds face automation challenge
Automation challenge
Rabobank fined $1 billion for Libor failings
Dutch bank the latest to pay for benchmark manipulation
Fatca FFI draft agreement finally released
Long-awaited document sheds light on compliance requirements
Risk USA: debate continues over defining reputational risk
Negative events may not damage financial institutions' reputations, conference hears
Risk USA: Deutsche Bank's 'painful' living will process
German bank tells of challenges posed by regulators' recovery and resolution requirements
Risk USA: Standardised regulation will cause systemic risk, warns senior UBS risk controller
Regulators' efforts to prevent another crisis are having the opposite effect
Risk USA: Hire more quants in compliance, says SEC official
SEC official warns compliance teams at quant funds lack qualifications and knowledge to effectively monitor trading strategies
Risk USA: Changing risk culture means higher staffing costs
Conference told of resource challenges facing Deutsche CRO
Cyber personnel lacking in major financial institutions, FBI agent warns
Serious attack will expose flaws in incident response programmes
Cooke joins HSBC as global head of operational risk
Moves from Barclays Wealth where he was CRO
PRA losing key op risk staff after just six months
Senior op risk staff set to move into private sector
Data, delays and loss of focus: operational risks in M&A
When two become one