Foreign exchange
How much below 20% will Basle go?
BASLE II UPDATE
The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASLE II UPDATE
Basle accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
BASLE II UPDATE
What the banking industry (and others) told the Basle regulators
BASLE II UPDATE
A new frontier
US financial advisers are being targeted to open up the alternatives market to new investors. However, they need to attain a certain level of sophistication in order to fully profit from this new distribution route, says Jeff Benjamin reporting from the…
Data trouble
Regulators insist that they want a capital charge on banks’ operational risks. But the plan rests on the ability of banks to collect data and model the risks involved, and there’s a frightening lack of agreement on how to do that.
Reconciling ratings
How should internal credit ratings be calibrated to long-term default rates? This multibillion-dollar question is at the heart of the debate over Basel’s IRB approach. In thisarticle, Stefan Blochwitz and Stefan Hohl use simulations to demonstrate wide…
Basel II will be modified, says Canadian bank regulator
A survey of financial institutions’ views on the Basel II capital accord is expected to result in global banking regulators modifying some of the accord’s controversial aspects, according to a Canadian bank regulator involved in the survey.
Basel II accord makes op risk software this year’s hot topic
The sophistication of analytical software for managing operational risk will increase dramatically over the next year. Such was the message delivered by Charles Smithson, managing partner of financial consultants Ritter Associates, to the annual risk…
Moving to the centre
Basel II means banks will have to centralise the management of operational risk or lose out to competitors.
Basle II will be modified, says Canadian bank regulator
BASLE II UPDATE
Zurich IC 2 offers combined op risk service
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Leading insurers argue the case for op risk insurance
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Moving to the centre
BASLE II UPDATE
Three insurers work on op risk guaranteed bonds
BASLE II UPDATE
Basle II accord makes op risk software this year’s hot topic
BASLE II UPDATE
Algorithmics launches Algo OpRisk package
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Regulators to publish interim papers on Basle II issues
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