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Fundamental issues in op risk management
Misconceptions about certain key concepts are causing confusion throughout the industry. By Ali Samad-Khan, Armin Rheinbay and Stephane Le Blevec
Labour of love
Emerging markets have been a recurring theme in Charles Dallara's career. Now, as managing director of the Institute of International Finance, one of his key focuses is to strengthen crisis prevention in emerging market economies. By Alexander Campbell
Could do better?
Some industry participants believe US supervisors' approach to Basel II implementation is flawed, according to a survey by OR&C . By Ellen Davis
A different view on Basel II
Spain's banks are wary of jumping headlong into every aspect of the new capital Accord. But its fears appear justified, considering the country's risk profile. By Duncan Wood
OpenPages launches new solution
MASSACHUSETTS – OpenPages – the governance, risk and compliance management solutions company based in Massachusetts – has launched OpenPages ORM, an op risk management solution that enables banks to identify, measure and monitor operational risk at an…
Fed gets a pasting over capital rules
WASHINGTON, DC – The new capital rules for non-Basel II banks in the US received a pasting in comments from firms and industry bodies posted on regulatory websites in late January.
CEBS consultation paper "a disappointment"
LONDON – The financial services industry is less than pleased with the second consultation paper published by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) on the validation and assessment of credit and operational risk approaches.
The spotlight swings
The hedge fund industry has come under severe pressure for increased disclosure, with new SEC rules on the registration of hedge fund advisers to be implemented this month. Now, the private equity market is starting to attract the interest of supervisors…
QIS5 results delayed until June, says BIS
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – The results of quantitative impact study five will be delayed until June, according to officials from the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland
OCC merges credit and market risk units
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a division of the US Department of Treasury, which regulates national banks, is in the process of merging its credit and market risk divisions.
Hong Kong’s SFC to strengthen enforcement
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the securities industry watchdog, will continue to place emphasis on enforcement and investor education in the coming year, said SFC chairman Martin Wheatley.
Isda, ICMA and TBMA form joint capital markets body
Three capital markets associations are to form a joint body that aims to streamline industry-wide co-operation between the derivatives, securities and bond markets. The Global Capital Markets Board (GCMB) will develop a common policy on market,…
Deciding on a future
A handful of companies are exploring how markets can improve decision-making, while academics are using futures trading to predict influenza outbreaks. Prediction markets have come a long way since the collapse of a controversial Pentagon-funded project…
Caruana to end stint as Basel Committee chairman
Jaime Caruana will step down as chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in July, when his six-year tenure as head of the Spanish central bank expires. A Bank for International Settlements (BIS official says the Committee plans to discuss…
FSA puts flu on the agenda
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has urged banks to draw up business continuity plans in the case of a global pandemic, a month after the first human cases of avian flu emerged in Europe.
Scaling op risk management for SMIs: how to avoid boundary disputes
In the fourth of the series, Eric Holmquist looks at managing the crossover between op risk and other risk types to ensure no potential risk events fall between the cracks
Bear Stearns names risk chiefs
Investment bank Bear Stearns has named Michael Alix as chief risk officer and Robert Neff as his deputy.
The Basel II Race
Accessing operational risk is vital for any bank that wants to reach Basel II compliance.
The capital calculation question
Industry comments on Basel II have concentrated most on corporate credits. But the modelling of retail portfolio risk is a new field, and there is much greater scope for disagreement about how capital should be calculated.
MiFID support high, despite the costs
In the first of a new series of articles surveys exploring in more detail the inner workings of the op risk and compliance disciplines, Georgina Kenyon examines the results of a recent survey into the controversial MiFID directive
Economic crime: the ongoing challenge for compliance and risk professionals
Economic crime remains a significant and growing threat to organisations across the globe. The results of PricewaterhouseCooper's 2005 global economic crime survey revealed that 45% of organisations worldwide have been a victim of economic crime over the…
Citigroup adopts Reveleus' Basel II solution
Citigroup is to implement the Reveleus Basel II solution to support the global bank's US and international regulatory requirements under the Basel II Accord.
A case for convergence?
With Basel II regulatory capital becoming increasingly more risk-sensitive, the value of a separate economic capital system must be questioned. Christopher Hall of Risk Advisors considers the differences between economic capital and regulatory capital,…
Business continuity in financial services firms
We were reminded in 2005 that significant business disruptions continue to occur in varying forms and levels of intensity. The London bombings of July 7, the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the late summer and the New York City…