Operational risk
Whose side is your consultant on?
Choosing the most appropriate front- and middle-office software often requires companies to seek expert advice. However, consultant expertise and objectivity can vary greatly. Choosing the right software consultant is a task itself, writes Ryan Rogers of…
How to keep the barbarians at bay
The recent attempted buyout of Sainsbury's showed that no one is safe from the clutches of private equity; cash-rich houses are now clubbing together in joint bids to target even the largest names. Matthew Attwood explains the consequences for credit…
Room for improvement
Sungard tops our survey of software vendors, its products proving a hit across the op risk and compliance spectrum. But op risk executives continue to demand more from the software industry, reports Dianne See Morrison
KRIs: that difficult age
Key risk indicators (KRIs) were once the golden child of operational risk, but they are now in the midst of a turbulent adolescence. Peter Madigan asks whether KRIs will start to grow up in the next couple of years
State of the art
Guido Ravoet, secretary general of the European Banking Federation, talks to Victoria Pennington about changes in regulatory framework, the substantial amount of work facing compliance and risk executives, and why he thinks the EU financial regulatory…
From small acorns...
In the third of a series, Eric Holmquist considers some practical steps to building a better risk culture
Fighting off the AML bug
Banks that create a positive compliance culture make a vital ally to law enforcement in the fight against money laundering. Nick Kochan reports
A question of discipline
OR&C INTELLIGENCE – OP RISK
The expectation game
Practitioner profile
Tightening controls
Japan regulation
Supervisory clampdown
Korea regulation
Crossing the value chasm
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Dealing with the rise of Web 2.0
The rise of Web 2.0 may seem in some ways to be a subject rather remote to the normal concerns of an op risk or compliance executive.
Untangling the risk information knot
In a new OpRisk & Compliance Intelligence survey, sponsored by BearingPoint Management & Technology Consultants, data issues rank high on the risk executive's list of problems. Can Web 2.0 change the face of risk information collection?
A question of discipline
Op risk is showing signs of maturing, although there is still much work to be done. So delivering value to the business continues to be a substantial challenge, according to a new survey
The yin and yang of risk management
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Senate crushes bid for Congressional reform of Sox
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Transatlantic regulatory convergence inches closer
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