Business risk
Breaking out of the cells: banks’ long goodbye to spreadsheets
Dealers are cutting back on Excel amid tighter regulation and risk concerns
Stress-testing to improve strategic decision‑making
Banking regulators remain focused on expanding and developing the range of stress-testing regimes across the globe to maintain stability, monitor emerging risks and avoid another financial crisis. Here, a forum of industry leaders discusses the evolution…
The future of operational risk management
As the efficiency of operational risk management remains a top priority and pressure to maximise value increases, emerging technology could prove crucial. Nitish Idnani, leader of oprisk management services at Deloitte, explores how the oprisk management…
At EU banks, bad business practices led op risk losses
Misconduct trumped external fraud and process management failures
Insurance risk manager of the year: Standard Life
UK insurer’s risk function launched reviews of business and tech risks
Retail account switching carries business risk, expert warns
Complying with new account-switching rules not enough without consideration of business risk
Various skills needed to run a hedge fund
Tricky path to success
Editor's letter – Managing liquidity risk amidst regulatory reforms
Editor’s letter - October 2010
Is US BCP courting disaster?
The US authorities have fallen silent over business continuity management (BCM) of late, raising fears that the issue will slip down the American business agenda in 2007. Peter Madigan investigates
Basel II just the beginning for operational risk monitoring in banks, says Fitch
Compliance with Basel II is only the first step in the management of operational risk in financial institutions, according to Fitch Ratings, an international rating agency.
Academic voices dissatisfaction with Basel II
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision still has a great deal of work to do before the Basel II capital accord can be successfully implemented at financial institutions, Jacques Pézier, director of the risk management group of the ISMA Centre at the…