Operational risk
Insurers get amber light with some green
BASEL - Global banking regulators have signalled they might agree to a role for operational risk insurance in the Basel II bank capital accord.
Basel bonds Canada
The largest Canadian banks have banded together to share default data, making it much more likely they will all qualify for the most advantageous regulatory capital approach under the Basel II capital Accord.
EU urged to recognise different op risk profiles of investment firms
MONTE CARLO - The European Union's plans to make investment firms as well as banks reserve capital against operational risk must acknowledge that one size does not fit all firms in the financial services industry, a leading European financial regulator…
Basel working group suggests "pragmatic" approach to credit risk expected losses
BASEL - A working group of the Basel Committee of banking supervisors has proposed "a pragmatic approach" to treating expected losses in arriving at a capital charge for credit risk under the internal ratings based (IRB) approach of the proposed Basel II…
Beyond Basel II - operational risk management comes of age
Integrated, enterprise-wide, operational risk management can offer much more than just regulatory compliance.
Independent collapse highlights Basel II op risk insurance dilemma
LONDON - Some of the concerns of banking regulators about the effectiveness of insurance cover when operational disaster strikes a company could be illustrated by the plight of Independent Insurance, the UK general insurance group that collapsed in June…
Strategy, structure and information at Halifax
RISK MANAGEMENT
Insurers get amber light with some green
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Beyond Basle II -- operational risk management comes of age
RISK MANAGEMENT
The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASLE II UPDATE
What the banking industry (and others) told the Basel regulators
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates said the op risk capital charge may be left to the discretion of the national supervisor, and should be based not only on quantitative factors, but should take account of qualitative factors. The Central Bank…
Basel accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
Basel II will segment the market for firms providing IT services to banks.
Op risk fears a major factor in responses to European plans
BASLE II UPDATE
Loss distribution approach on agenda
BASLE II UPDATE
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The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASLE II UPDATE
Basle accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
BASLE II UPDATE
What the banking industry (and others) told the Basle regulators
BASLE II UPDATE
Data trouble
Regulators insist that they want a capital charge on banks’ operational risks. But the plan rests on the ability of banks to collect data and model the risks involved, and there’s a frightening lack of agreement on how to do that.