Operational risk
European fund managers seek united voice on EU laws
LONDON – Two leading trade bodies representing European fund managers are looking at ways of providing a united voice on European Union (EU) laws and rules affecting them, including the EU’s third capital adequacy directive or Cad 3.
Op risk loss exercise gets good response ahead of QIS 3
BASEL, SWITZERLAND - Global banking regulators said there was a good response from banks to the operational loss data collection exercise that the regulators launched in June to help them refine the op risk aspects of the Basel II bank accord aimed at…
Bank regulators to discuss how Basel II applies outside G-10
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Banking supervisors from around the world are meeting next week in South Africa and a major item on their agenda will be how and to what extent the complex Basel II bank accord could be implemented in countries outside the leading…
Correlation and credit risk
Active development of full credit portfolio modelling continues apace, even though it is not recognised in the proposed Basel II framework.
German focus: Trouble below deck
Despite weathering a number of storms over the past decade, notably reunification and monetary union, the German economy is facing a new threat.
Basel experts agree asset securitisation treatment
LONDON – Global banking experts have agreed proposals for treating the credit risks for banks of asset securitisation under the complex Basel II capital accord.
Experts expect to finalise Basel II securitisation issues this week
LONDON – Technical experts expect this week to finalise their proposals for handling the one major issue still outstanding in the complex Basel II accord aimed at making the world’s banking system safer – the technically thorny question of how to treat…
The Hunt For Terrorist Cash
One month after the attacks on Sept. 11, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. Now every financial firm in the country is a deputy in the search for terrorist funding.
Op Risk Looks Back... To the 18th Century
The 300-year-old statistical methods of Thomas Bayes are experiencing a renaissance.
Legal risk optimisation
Allen & Overy's Carolyn Jackson discusses the importance of a quantitative approach to legal risk.
Buying and selling risk
Risk budgeting
Gearing up for OTC
South Korea
Op risk loss exercise gets good response ahead of QIS 3
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Reaping the advantages of Basel II
PRACTITIONER ANALYSIS
AIR releases terrorism risk model
DISASTER RECOVERY
Basel experts agree asset securitisation treatment
BASEL II UPDATE
The Basel II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASEL II UPDATE
Artificial intelligence advances
Artificial intelligence is widely seen as more science fiction than science, a grab bag of 1960s theories that never panned out. But while computers still can’t grasp the difference between concepts such as ‘breadbox’ and ‘Chicago’, artificial…
EU wants Cad 3 study to look at bank lending to smaller companies
BRUSSELS – The European Commission said it launched a tender today for a study that would pay particular attention to the consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of proposed new European Union (EU) banking capital rules.
UK allows for Basel II delays in risk-based rules for financial services
LONDON - UK regulators said in late July they would implement their plans for uniform, risk-based rules for UK-based banks, insurance companies and securities firms in several stages, instead of one or two, following delays to the Basel II bank accord.