Central banks
Sweeping it under the carpet
German securitisation
India awaits options rules
New angles
A different class of asset
Mortgage-backed securities
Implementing a scenario-based AMA
TECHNICAL FOCUS
Technology briefs
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Op risk disclosure: a long road ahead
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SURVEY 2003 -- PART I
German regulators begin industry dialogue
COVER STORY
Fed links op risk and disclosure
REGULATORY UPDATE
Catching the Basel ‘tail wind’
Profile
The headaches of op risk integration
The banking industry, spurred by Basel II, is acquiring systems to cope with the host of disparate issues that fall under the rubric of 'operational risk'. But how do you stitch these piecemeal solutions together?
Ferguson named chairman of FSF
Roger Ferguson, vice-chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, was named chairman of the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) today.
Hong Kong regulator cracks down on money laundering compliance
HONG KONG - Banks in the Special Administrative Region are up against a tight deadline for implementing new anti-money laundering requirements, but the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is not going to move its September cut-off date.
Japanese banks need to improve op risk management, says BOJ
TOKYO - Some Japanese financial institutions need to improve their op risk management, according to a report released in March by the Bank of Japan (BOJ).
Best of breed
Introduction
Cofiri’s risk transformation
Investment banking
Flies in the ointment
Outstanding issues
On a wing and a prayer
Airlines
Eye of the storm
Catastrophe bonds
Japanese banks need to improve op risk management, says BOJ
REGULATORY UPDATE
Hong Kong regulator cracks down on money laundering compliance
REGULATORY UPDATE
Buffett, buy-in and Basel at Isda AGM
New angles
Japanese banks: Turning up the heat
Japan's banks have faced a gruelling few months in the run-up to the fiscal year-end, with a plunge in equity prices putting severe pressure on capital ratios. But a further crisis may be just around the corner, writes Nick Sawyer.