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MEASUREMENT
Resolving the confusion
Risk control self-assessments have become a Tower of Babel for the op risk discipline, with a variety of different approaches being taken. Ellen Davis reports
Paper claims Basel II could drive corruption
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Bumf and bumf-ability
Each time a directive is altered in the run-up to implementation, the resulting rewording and reprinting of documentation can prove almost as challenging as getting the changes accepted by the industry. When that directive is as large as Mifid, a whole…
Risk managers: rainbow warriors?
Corporate social responsibility is an oft-bandied term among big business, but frustratingly hard to define. Peter Madigan looks at the risk issues for banks and what risk and compliance executives need to know
Belated US Basel II guidance finally released
COVER STORY
Basel Committee releases cross-border paper
REGULATORY UPDATE
Gait marches towards greater security
MANAGEMENT
FSA to assist trade bodies committed to PBR
REGULATORY UPDATE
Getting ahead of the game
Technology
Internal models in Solvency II
Comment
Giving clarity
Hedge funds
Driving shareholder value using Six Sigma
SPONSORED STATEMENT
GAO report: common sense with a twist
The new report from the US's Government Accountability Office has much common sense in it.
Six can fix it
Op risk executives get visibly animated when discussing the subject of Six Sigma, but not many are taking advantage of it. Ellen Davis asks why
Van Stappen joins as Equiduct as COO
Equiduct has appointed Willy Van Stappen as chief operating officer.
Russia opens up
Russia is moving ahead with Basel II implementation, with a new industry working group and new regulatory rules. Ellen Davis reports
Anderson A Delicate Balance - buy-side risk management systems feature
Risk management on the buy side has, over the course of the last few years, become a specialist business process in its own right. But there are still a myriad approaches to essentially the same challenge: ensuring that you do not expose your…
JWG-IT out with Mifid roadmap
Think-tank JWG-IT Group releases Mifid whitepaper: MiFID: The roadmap to implementation.
Event horizon
Rick Cech takes a second look at what makes up operational risk event types, and asks if there is a more advanced way to define them
OP RISK IN ASIA: Time for change
Implementation of the core principles of op risk still has a long way to go in the Asia-Pacific region. Ellen Davis reports
Agencies seek comment on new proposed supervisory guidance for Basel II
US agencies issue more guidance on Basel II
CESR out with Mifid consultation responses
Responses to CESR's consultation on passporting and inducements cause more confusion for the regulator
FSA stresses benefits of principles-based regulation
Principles-based regulation will mean significant changes for firms, says Waters