Risk management/Operational risk
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Understand qualitative aspects of operational risk first, says DTCC
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UK's FSA reforms ORIAG as ORSG
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has reformed its Operational Risk Implementation Advisory Group (ORIAG) as the Operational Risk Standing Group (ORSG), after deciding to disband ORIAG in the fourth quarter of 2003. The group is being chaired…
Op risk systems come to the fore
Operational risk came to the fore in 2003. Major software suppliers such as SunGard and SAS entered the market through partnerships with or acquisition of early entrant developers, while a number of established trading and risk management systems…
Sponsor's article > Banks look for savings with ORM
Operational risk management (ORM) is now under the spotlight with banks realising that there are savings to be made, according to a recent survey by SunGard Trading and Risk Systems. SunGard also found that Basel II is a significant driver for ORM…
Basel II to help community banks manage op risk
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Isda calls for trade automation
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No industry consensus on op risk spending for 2004
Spending on operational risk management software looks set to grow in 2004 compared with last year, but will not reach its peak for another year or two.
Regulators' operational risk definitions criticised
The lack of a common agreement on the definition of operational risk by regulators will cause serious problems for global financial institutions, said Joanna Benjamin, a consultant to law firm Clifford Chance, at a late-November seminar at the firm's…
Insurers must do better - FSA
A new study by the UK's Financial Services Authority into risk management at insurance firms concludes that, although practices are improving in general, there is a long way to go before insurers are at the same standard as other types of financial…
Measuring operational risk: a reality check
In the second of two articles on operational risk, Mark Holmes looks at the measurement issues involved, taking a constructively critical look at the ideas currently in vogue.