Conduct risk
Royal Commission refunds weigh on Aussie banks
A$1.7 billion of remediation costs taken by Big Four in H1
Irish central bank welcomes ‘culture board’
Board must push changes called for by central bank reports, says CBI’s financial conduct head
At EU banks, bad business practices led op risk losses
Misconduct trumped external fraud and process management failures
Legal charges topped £6 billion at UK banks in 2018
Majority of costs relate to legacy issues, including PPI and RMBS mis-selling
Top 10 op risks 2019: mis-selling
Concern over sales practices remains amid economic and political uncertainties
Legal fines dent StanChart profits
The bank put aside $900 million last year to cover penalties related to a series of investigations
Aussie banks: a right Royal mess
Misconduct probe sparks board changes and bout of introspection at Big 4
Apac bank boards: light on risk experience
Survey of 24 large Apac bank board risk committees shows dearth of risk managers
Model risk chiefs warn on machine learning bias
ML model outputs open to “potential bias sitting in your datasets”, says RBS model risk head
Top 10 operational risk losses of 2018
Mega-fraud at China’s Anbang pushes up total losses year on year; SocGen suffers double blow
Taking the lead on financial crime regulatory compliance
Increased scrutiny of anti-money laundering and customer due-diligence procedures means banks must create more efficient and effective systems. A recent webinar conducted by Risk.net and IBM discussed how leading banks are utilising artificial…
UK bank misconduct charges dwindle
Six of seven stress-tested banks report 50% fall in legal and regulatory reserves
Lifetime achievement award: Craig Broderick
Risk Awards 2019: Goldman’s long-serving CRO helped bank survive the crisis, and then adapt to new world
Op risk data: SEC issues first fine under cyber risk rule
SocGen provisions for sanctions violations; has the SMR prompted more bank CEO resignations? Data by ORX News
Operational risk: a forgotten case study
This paper is a historical case study of the GAS scandal and is the first to analyze it from the perspective of operational risk.
Op risk data: South Africa’s VBS Bank in $100m fraud loss
Top five events also include John Hancock, Deutsche Bank settlements. Plus PPI roundup. Data by ORX News
UBS’s CRO on the hunt for hidden risks
Swiss bank has rung the changes in its attempt to catch hard-to-measure risks, but “you are never safe”, warns Christian Bluhm
Dread of cyber attack and data theft grows at EU banks – survey
More than 60% of respondents predict a rise in op risk
Op risk data: SocGen suffers twin blow with Libor, Libya losses
French bank takes top two slots in monthly loss data roundup. Plus review of H1 losses. Data by ORX News
European banks op risk losses dominated by business failures
Losses relating to accident and neglect account for 38% of op risk losses at eight big dealers
Mark Yallop on conflicts in fixed income
Banks and their clients need protocol on information sharing, says FMSB chair
Asia-Pacific banks grapple with conduct risk rules
Australia, Hong Kong regimes lead in developing conduct risk guidelines; Singapore lags behind
3LOD helps bolster risk culture – banks
Credit Suisse links metrics gleaned from first- and second-line risk managers to pay decisions