Opinion
Op risk takes forward steps at OpRisk Europe 2014
New dangers and new maturity mark a milestone year for op risk
Ethics and moral standards are as crucial to finance as ever
Carney’s words echo work of Émile Zola on the value of social capital
The heavy burden of regulatory settlements
How a few tail losses can skew capital calculations
Investors can survive rich world lowflation
But risks of EU deflation still loom
Building an invisible framework for risk management
Invisible framework enables risk management in a more efficient manner
SuperDerivatives: Asia favoured by OTC regulatory arbitrage
Lower trading costs could tempt funds, managers and dealers
Equity derivatives in India and China to mirror 2013 Japan
As global markets focus on Japan, China and India are set for upswing
Positive MBS momentum from R&W settlement trades
Legacy non-agency market benefits from anticipated payouts
Managing conflicts of interest to mitigate conduct risk
Financial institutions must ensure clients' interests aren't compromised
What Credit Suisse did next
Secretive venture could be brand-new model for fixed-income
Unfinished rules likely to cause continued hedging woes
Post-crisis laws are generating deep uncertainty for commodity market
Seeing red over EC's colour guidelines for sales material
Regulating the use of colour in structured products marketing
What the eurozone lacks - as foreseen in 1961
If Europe’s politicians had read a seminal 1961 paper, they may never have forged the eurozone
Oesa: Europe little to learn from US clearing roll-out
US would have benefited from pragmatic European approach
Lookback: UK pension funds slow the switch from equities
Pension fund equities pullout at slowest pace since financial crisis
Sharing the burden
Firms must take care when pushing consumers towards capital-light products
Pitfalls and precautions around high bribery risk jurisdictions
How to do business in red flag states
Values and abuses of big data at banks
Mass collection of customer information could cause problems
Equity benchmarks unsuitable hedge universe measure
Fixed income returns more appropriate performance metric
TXU bankruptcy holds lessons for risk managers
‘This will never happen’ is no alternative to proper planning
Key man risk avoidable for hedge funds
Yet succession planning remains last-minute afterthought
PRDC notes back in fashion
Cross-gamma risks do not deter investors
Camomille: most money made on the recovery
'Madness of crowds' psychology governs investment policy
The secrets of big data
Pattern recognition as an op risk management tool