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Using transaction data to measure op risk

Since 1999, Peter Hughes has led a team of op risk specialists that has studied transaction processing environments in global banking organisations. The focus was on examining and understanding the causes of operational failure. The information and…

Managing hedge funds' op risks

The focus of this second article on the operational risks associated with hedge funds is the critical need for appropriate operational due diligence.

Age of reason or age of procedure?

The risk management industry's increasing use of sophisticated models and technology – when coupled with poor modelling choices – can cause problems. Stephen Blyth calls for a return to to judgement and reasoning, and a halt to proceduralism.

The misdirected directive?

Germany's financial regulator, BaFin, tried to steal a march on its European rivals by implementing a new directive that should open the door to asset managers investing in new products and using over-the-counter derivatives. But did it get it wrong?

Fitch launches First database upgrade

Fitch Risk launched Version 2.0 of the Financial Institutions Risk Scenario Trends (First) database in August, according to Penny Cagan, the senior vice-president for research at Fitch Risk, and manager of the First database.

Sponsor's article > Op risk and Black Swans

Scarce data is a well-recognised problem for the assessment of operational risk. In such circumstances, David Rowe argues, it is necessary to blend professional judgement with the available data. In doing so, however, it is crucial to counter some well…

Increasing returns through managing risk at source

The world's largest pension fund, Calpers, has adopted an aggressive approach to corporate governance. Can this policy decrease risk and increase returns in its equity portfolio? Rachel Wolcott speaks to Christy Wood, who runs the fund's corporate…

Smothered by red tape

In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.

SEC fund reforms may cost investors

Efforts by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislators to reform mutual fund practices following late trading and market-timing scandals in the US last year may ultimately impair performance and cost investors more in fees and charges.

SEC fund reforms may cost investors

Efforts by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislators to reform mutual fund practices following late trading and market-timing scandals in the US last year may ultimately impair performance and cost investors more in fees and charges.

Smothered by red tape

In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.

SEC fund reforms may cost investors

Efforts by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislators to reform mutual fund practices following late trading and market-timing scandals in the US last year may ultimately impair performance and cost investors more in fees and charges.

Smothered by red tape

In response to a string of dubious structured finance transactions (remember Enron?), the ever-watchful regulators have proposed a set of guidelines which observers fear could choke the market.

SEC fund reforms may cost investors

Efforts by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislators to reform mutual fund practices following late trading and market-timing scandals in the US last year may ultimately impair performance and cost investors more in fees and charges.

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