Data
Tracking op risk losses and regulatory changes
Operational Risk & Regulation data, October 2010
Beyond distributional analysis
In the third article in a four-part series, David Rowe considers the need for financial risk management to move beyond distributional analysis to consider more qualitative inputs
Data spikes pose problems for risk management
Recent crises have drummed home that banks need to calculate risk exposures in as close to real time as possible. To do that, risk managers need to process huge amounts of data, but current systems often lack the capability. How can banks address this…
Responding to data theft
Secrets and lies
Credit data vendors focus on liquidity metrics
Vendors and their clients are focusing on the implementation of liquidity analytics to boost credit risk management
EBF requests review of EC capital markets rules
European bankers call for improvements to Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ahead of European Commission review; CESR calls for evidence on markets' developments
US Fed working on horizontal reviews of op risk issues
Supervisor looking at range of issues as part of broader look at big banks, including compensation, compliance, and capital
Progress by the dashboard light
Increasing numbers of banks and vendors have built dashboards into risk management systems, designed to provide easy-to-comprehend, real-time indicators of risk. How do they work, what information do they provide and how effective are they? By Clive…
Crossing the chasm
Existing risk management information systems proved too fragmented and cumbersome to meet the requirements of decision-makers during the crisis. David Rowe argues that a major reappraisal is required
Valuation & transparency sponsored forum: Derivatives valuation – challenging the process
Valuation of derivatives instruments has become a key focus for regulators and banks since the onset of the financial crisis, leading to greater demand for transparent and independent valuations. A group of industry experts convened in London recently to…
FMX Connect announces relaunch
FMX Connect has relaunched its online commodity and energy data portal.
Data, data everywhere
Making sense of the vast streams of differently formatted data produced by the financial services industry every day is a recurring nightmare for risk managers and regulators. Efforts are now under way to standardise data formats, with Malaysia setting…
Cleaning up the buy side
Data management
CopperEye identifies data-retention issues
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