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Aligning Basel II operational risk and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 projects
While SOX 404 and Basel II create different challenges for operational risk managers, Nick Bolton and Judson Berkey suggest there is real value in combining the efforts.
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Algorithmics assesses its op risk market
Demand for third-party operational risk management applications is growing steadily, but there is still no sign that there will be a dramatic uptake in the near future, says David Syer, director for operational risk at Toronto-based risk management…
G260? Initiative gains converts
The debate is gaining momentum. What started out as a small group of disgruntled investors aiming to improve market standards in corporate bond issuance has grown to become a pan-European movement.
An Exceptional Challenge
Zapping bad trades or just knowing about them when they occur is a high priority at UBS Investment Bank.
US regulators scorned over "prescriptive" proposal
The financial services industry's reaction to a new proposed statement from US regulators on complex structured finance activities was "somewhere between terrified and scornful", according to one industry association executive. Another industry…
Calming supervisory fears
The region's banks have identified the supervisory review process as the main cause for concern when it comes to Basel II. Low Kwok Mun of the Monetary Authority of Singapore talks about the Singaporean regulator’s approach to implementing Basel II.
Rating reform
The winds of change that have been forecast to sweep through the credit rating industry are growing stronger, fanned by a set of proposals released by an influential group of finance and treasury bodies, as Saskia Scholtes reports.
Banks making big op risk advances, says Fitch
More than 70% of the world's major banks will have developed tools for monitoring operational risk indicators and will be using risk and control self assessments by 2007, according to rating agency Fitch.
US puts trust in Canadian finance
Canadian income trusts have been trading at all-time highs. Now that the Canadiangovernment is allowing bigger players onto the market, interest from US energyfirms in such vehicles is growing. By Catherine Lacoursiere
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Houston happenings
Regulatory pressures, asset valuation and price reporting were just a few of the topic areas covered at Energy Risk’s USA conference in Houstonlast month. Here Paul Lyon rounds up some of the conference highlights
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Tracking key risk indicators is emerging as a central aspect of best practice for operational risk management. Defining these indicators and establishing benchmarks for them, however, is a complex task. David Rowe discusses an industry initiative that…
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