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Transparency is a concept that has been bandied about by banks a lot lately, usually when they know the press is watching. But just how transparent are banking practices, and just how clear is the Basel approach to operational risk?

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A sage observation of Ralph Waldo Emerson, speaking about a dinner guest, was: “The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.” In other words, let’s spend a few minutes on the intersection of risk and integrity. One of the most overused words of the fiscal crisis is ‘transparency’. The other is ‘sustainability’. Maybe there is a third: ‘moral hazard’. Every big event seems

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Karen Man, partner and member of the global financial institutions leadership team at Baker McKenzie, discusses emerging op risks in the wake of the Covid‑19 pandemic, a rise in cyber attacks, concerns around conduct and culture, and the complexities of…

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