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SAN Storm
Disaster recovery issues have thrust network-based storage into the spotlight. Lehman Brothers reveals the complex layers of storage systems that allowed business to continue after last year's World Trade Center attacks.
The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
This summary has been updated to include the revisions to the Basle II op risk proposals contained in the Working Paper on the Regulatory Treatment of Operational Risk issued in September, 2001 and available on the Bank for International Settlements’…
Asset managers run for cover
UK investment firms are facing increasing risk management pressures, thanks to new regulatory initiatives, legal challenges and a shift in operating environment. Coping will require a major investment in technology infrastructure – especially in the…
Basel regulators still hope for 2005 date as doubts increase
The Basel II bank capital adequacy accord could still come into effect by 2005, even if quite late in that year, although the date very much hangs in the balance, international regulatory sources said in early March.
Enron-related regulatory issues hit derivatives industry
Enron's collapse has sparked calls for more derivatives regulation and stricter accounting standards in the US. What proposals should the derivatives industry be concerned about?
Regulators concentrate on key op risk issues for QIS3
Global banking regulators working on the operational risk aspects of the controversial Basle II banking accord are concentrating their efforts on some key issues as they prepare their part of the so-called QIS3 survey.
Changes afoot at rating agencies
Rating agencies are under fire once again, this time for failing to anticipate Enron’s bankruptcy. But they are looking to improve their methodology. What do the changes mean for banks that will have to rely on their ratings under Basel II?
Credit risk reporting: Managing the exposure challenge
Mass financial shocks – including Enron and Argentina – are forcing banks to disclose more information, faster, about their credit exposures to satisfy skittish investors. How are banks' technology infrastructures coping with this challenge?
New disclosure rule boosts pension risks
New UK accounting rule FRS 17 will force companies to disclose pensions liabilities on corporate balance sheets. The risk management issues are wide-ranging, and experts have few easy answers. Furthermore, the new rule could soon be adopted in a number…
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The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
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UK firms face increasing op risk
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AIB loss poses questions for the banking industry
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At the centre of the financial enterprise
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UK financial firms lag in customer service technology
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Regulators concentrate on key op risk issues for QIS3
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Accurate Software, Pegasystems link up on reconciliation product
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