Operational Risk & Regulation - December 2013/January 2014
Articles in this issue
Whistleblowing: the case for financial incentives
UK authorities are edging closer to offering bounties to encourage whistleblowers
Top 10 operational risks for 2014
Internal failures will prove as dangerous as external threats for the financial industry in 2014
Top 10 op risks: data theft
In the third of our series of top 10 op risks for 2014, we look at how high-profile spying and security leaks put the spotlight on privacy obligations
Top 10 op risks: internal control failures
The fifth in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at internal control failures. Banks in 2014 face the task of improving governance to prevent another year of embarrassing losses
Top 10 op risks: board overstretch
The second in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 focuses on the boardroom. Regulators and governments are loading new responsibilities on to directors – adequate board membership has never been more important
Top 10 op risks: IT failure
The sixth in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at IT failure. System crashes are an embarrassingly public way to lose money – and will become less and less affordable as transaction speeds grow
Top 10 op risks: AML
The fourth of our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at anti-money laundering. Preventing money-laundering is set to become just one aspect of the broader effort to clamp down on all kinds of illegal transactions
Top 10 op risks: index rigging
The first in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at index rigging. The Libor-rigging scandal continues to grow, and other indexes may have been involved too
Top 10 op risks: business continuity in the long term
In the seventh of our series of top 10 op risks for 2014, we look at long-term business continuity. Op risk managers need to prepare for crises that last months, not days
Top 10 op risks: tighter consumer regulation
The last in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at tighter consumer regulation. An industry plagued by scandal will now face closer regulatory attention on its retail side
Top 10 op risks: culture of complicity
The ninth in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at culture of complicity. Criminal investigations have revealed disturbing common features in many recent scandals
Top 10 op risks: reputational risk
The eighth in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at reputational risk. Admissions of guilt expose banks to more than simply public displeasure
Handling the risks of rapid recruitment
An unprecedented recruitment process has taken place in recent years to handle the payment protection insurance scandal. The financial services industry has had to rapidly embrace the challenge of hiring staff in their thousands, but lessons learnt from…
Modelling dependency in operational risk
Dependencies between risk types are a vital part of any risk model – but the choice of how to represent them can be critically important to the result of a capital calculation
Building better benchmarks in Dubai: DME's Chris Fix on running an oil exchange
Top of the agenda for the Dubai Mercantile Exchange and its chief executive, Christopher Fix, is assuring the integrity of its crude oil benchmark. He talks to OpRisk about the operational challenges stemming from the exchange’s unique regulatory…
Accountability crucial for internal governance
Pickpockets or cyclists?
Massad to replace Gensler as CFTC head, and other recent job moves
Changing hats – December 2013/January 2014
Top five losses: JP Morgan hit by $5.1bn settlement
Operational risk loss data – October 2013
