Falling short of the mark

Operational risk

Risk managers at leading dealers and asset management firms around the globe have spent the best part of six years working internally, in conjunction with their peers and national regulators, to develop a set of operational risk management best practices. The aim is to create a framework to measure op risk in a similar manner to market risk and credit risk, and so allow financial institutions to make better risk/return decisions.

The measurement of operational risk is one of the most importan