Foreign exchange
Mark up the scorecard
Sergio Scandizzo and Roberto Setola explore the application of a scorecard approach to the measurement of operational risk, assessing both its reliability as a risk-management tool and the practicalities of its implementation.
Mark up the scorecard
Sergio Scandizzo and Roberto Setola explore the application of a scorecard approach to the measurement of operational risk, assessing both its reliability as a risk-management tool and the practicalities of its implementation.
Reporting: a better performance measure
Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. RiskMetrics' John Matwey says more and more investors will therefore inevitably demand third-party reporting of risk positions taken by hedge funds.
End of the line. All change
The Financial Services Authority has released an update to CP171, its consultation paper on conflicts of interest within investment research. Now its impact on the future of credit research is becoming clearer, as Hardeep Dhillon discovers.
German banks plan op loss data consortium
A number of German public-sector banks will start pooling operational loss data next year, in a bid to create an op risk loss database that could, they say, eventually include banks from other European countries.
No industry consensus on op risk spending for 2004
Spending on operational risk management software looks set to grow in 2004 compared with last year, but will not reach its peak for another year or two.
Merrill Lynch selects SAS for OpRisk management and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
Merrill Lynch, a leading financial management and advisory company, has selected software from SAS, a North Carolina-based software analytics company, to help manage its operational risk and continue compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the new Basel…
Putnam invests $6.5 million in fund administrators
Derivatives Portfolio Management (DPM), a New Jersey-based fund administration outsourcing company, will receive a $6.5 million investment from Canadian investment bank Putnam Lovell NBF.
Strong CDO market next year, says S&P
The pipeline of collateralised debt obligation (CDO) deals remains “extremely strong”, promising a busy start to 2004, especially for single-tranche, leveraged loan and CDOs of asset-backed securities (ABS) transactions, said credit rating agency…
ABN Amro wins CLS mandate in India
ABN Amro has won the contract to provide continuous linked settlement (CLS) services to the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL).
Regulators' operational risk definitions criticised
The lack of a common agreement on the definition of operational risk by regulators will cause serious problems for global financial institutions, said Joanna Benjamin, a consultant to law firm Clifford Chance, at a late-November seminar at the firm's…
Complex issues must be resolved before Basel II can be implemented, says US regulator
Although the US remains committed to completing work on Basel II by mid-2004, many complex issues must be resolved before the new capital Accord can be implemented, according to John Hawke, the US Comptroller of the Currency.
Shrinking cost of foreign exchange options
The cost of buying currency options has come down only "moderately" for clients in recent weeks and months, said options specialists interviewed by Risk’s sister publication FX Week . But in terms of the increased risk protection they currently provide…
Commodities boost volumes on BarCap’s forex platform
Barclays Capital has enjoyed increased foreign exchange volumes on its white-labelled e-trading platform as a result of adding commodities earlier this year, a senior official told Risk’s sister publication FX Week .
BNP Paribas tailor-makes Japanese CDS index
French bank BNP Paribas has created a sub-index to its CJ50 index of the 50 most liquid Japanese credit default swaps (CDS). Called CJ Flex, the sub-index is referenced on about 30 investment-grade credits, worth a total notional amount of more than ¥10…
Investors should buy credit protection, warns Morgan Stanley credit strategist
Investors should use the range of credit derivatives products to hedge their exposure to European corporate bonds, Morgan Stanley fixed-income analysts said today, adding they are bearish on the prospects for European credit next year.
Moody's assessment approach 'evolving', says new executive
In an exclusive interview with Operational Risk, an executive from Moody's Investor Services, the US-based rating agency, said the firm's approach to operational risk assessments is "evolving".
Isda pushes for automated trade verification for derivatives
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the trade body representing over 600 institutions working in the derivatives industry, has moved to accelerate the transition to automated over-the-counter derivatives trade processing by publishing a…
Mind the gap
UK mortgage lenders are grappling with Basel II. But there are still concerns about a credit risk management gap between the large and small lenders.
Cash upfront
New frontiers
Isda pushes for automated trade verification for derivatives
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the trade body representing over 600 institutions working in the derivatives industry, has moved to accelerate the transition to automated over-the-counter derivatives trade processing by publishing a…
Sponsor's article > Credit risk catches up
When Basel II was first proposed in 1999, credit risk models lagged way behind market risk models. But that's changed, which means we need less prescriptive rules for determining credit risk capital.
EU moves to finalise CAD
With 130 responses to its latest draft of the capital adequacy directive (CAD) now in hand, the EU Commission is looking to make the directive into law.