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Securitisation will not be damaged by Basel II, says Mercer Oliver Wyman
Securitisation and related forms of credit risk transfer are unlikely to suffer in the long-term under the Basel II proposals, according to a report published today by financial and risk management consultancy, Mercer Oliver Wyman.
Securitisation will not be damaged by Basel II, says Mercer Oliver Wyman
Securitisation and related forms of credit risk transfer are unlikely to suffer in the long-term under the Basel II proposals, according to a report published today by financial and risk management consultancy, Mercer Oliver Wyman.
Getting the solvency balance right
The next few years will witness a radical overhaul of EU solvency insurance regulations underthe banner of the Solvency II project. The proposals will align regulatory capital requirementswith true economic risks, with clear advantages to those players…
Compliance systems are key to reputational risk, says Sullivan & Cromwell’s Cohen
Regulators look to the strength of a firm’s compliance system when deciding how aggressively to pursue it for rule violations, according to Rodgin Cohen, chairman of law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. Cohen, a well-known legal expert in bank acquisitions,…
Mercer snaps up Oliver Wyman
Mercer, a consulting division of New York-listed Marsh & McLennan, has bought specialist risk management and financial service practice consultants Oliver Wyman & Company for an undisclosed sum.
Mercer snaps up Oliver Wyman
Mercer, a consulting division of New York-listed Marsh & McLennan, has bought specialist risk management and financial service practice consultants Oliver Wyman & Company for an undisclosed sum.
Op Risk systems: A moving target
Collecting and storing appropriate operational risk data remains a problem for technology managers and operational risk managers alike. Is any progress being made?
Wyman’s Wilson to head new Prmia chapter in Switzerland
Tom Wilson, head of Oliver Wyman and Company’s global finance and risk practice group, will head a new chapter for the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (Prmia) in Switzerland.
Banding together for SME credit risk analytics
Germany's banking associations are taking a leading role in getting the country's fragmented banking sector ready to comply with the Basel II capital Accord. Germany's savings banks association, in particular, says it has internal ratings-based systems…
Letter to the editor of Risk : a response to Cosandey and Wolf’s Avoiding pro-cyclicality
Much has been written on the proposed changes to the Basel Accord (Basel II), and we have been surprised that the vast majority of both academic and practitioner literature focuses on the prescriptive regulatory approaches and formulas to calculate…
Creative solutions for unique problems
Credit risk management systems are surprisingly sophisticated at many Nordic banks. Ellen Leander examines the changes being made to existing infrastructure to keep that edge.
Looking to the new horizon
Can a firm cut costs while increasing operational risk controls? This is just one of the many challenges facing the investment industry.
European equity derivatives outstrip cash for first time
Banks in the European corporate and institutional markets are making more money out of equity derivatives than cash products for the first time, according to Morgan Stanley and consultants Oliver, Wyman.
Asset managers run for cover
UK investment firms are facing increasing risk management pressures, thanks to new regulatory initiatives, legal challenges and a shift in operating environment. Coping will require a major investment in technology infrastructure – especially in the…
Swiss Re’s Wilson joins Oliver, Wyman
Oliver, Wyman & Company, the New York-based consultancy, plans to boost its risk management practice by hiring Tom Wilson, former Swiss Re New Markets chief financial officer and chief risk officer.
Basel's new credit model
The Basel Committee’s new consultative paper allows banks to internally rate individual credits. But at the portfolio level, Basel wants to apply a single model framework, based in part on a technical paper published in Risk magazine in October 1998.
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