Operational risk
WHAT IS THIS? Operational risks are those arising from people, processes and systems – the biggest form of exposure for many industries, but one that was neglected by financial firms until the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995. It was added to the Basel capital framework in 2004, but attempts to model operational risk were dealt a heavy blow by the huge, unforeseen losses suffered by banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Nine jurisdictions yet to finalise Basel III rules
Turkey and South Africa worst laggards, with no final drafts published
Should banks risk lightning hitting twice for CrowdStrike?
Bank tech teams divided on whether to give security vendor a second chance after update crash
TD Bank’s op risk charges spike amid anti-money laundering probe
Record-high RWAs push bank’s core ratio to its lowest in four years
Risk management overhauls juggle speed and independence
Some banks say the 1.5 line of defence responds faster to risk, but supervisors are still divided
Let’s grow the third-party risk playbook – CME security chief
CrowdStrike outage highlights need for financial sector to adjust its game plan
Bankers hope EBA op risk taxonomy will go global
Proposed update to 20-year-old risk map is welcomed, but international co-ordination urged
How is risk culture conceptualized in organizations? The pan-industry risk culture (PIRC) model
This paper puts forward a pan-industry risk culture as a framework through which to proactively manage risk culture.
NatWest, StanChart, Nationwide drive record op RWAs at UK banks
BoE data shows operational risk RWAs highest going back to 2014
Natural language processing-based detection of systematic anomalies among the narratives of consumer complaints
The authors develop a means to detect nonmeritorious consumer complaints using natural language processing.
Do government audits raise the risk awareness of management? An investigation from the perspective of cost variability
The authors investigate the impact of government audits on state-owned enterprises, finding they increase cost variability in these enterprises.
Integrating internal and external loss data via an equivalence principle
The authors put forward a means address data scarcity in operational risk modelling by supplementing internal loss data with external loss data.
On geopolitical risk, G-Sibs choose their battles
Conflicts – both existing and threatened – raise concern among banks, but many are still grappling to weave the risk into their frameworks
CrowdStrike outage spurs rethink on ‘critical’ vendors
Some want US regulators to designate tech firms that pose risks to financial stability
Déjà vu for common domain model
Piecemeal progress on ambitious derivatives data standard raises questions over business case
Between the lines: why banks are rethinking risk management
Lloyds is not the only bank wanting to reshuffle the three lines of defence as tech risks grow
For G-Sibs managing cyber outages, confidence makes the difference
IT disruption drops among top G-Sib concerns this year, as banks revamp models and retool risk indicators
Consolidating risk management and compliance silos in financial services
This white paper explores the key challenges and priorities for firms looking to unify risk management and compliance applications via a single enterprise-wide platform
Insurers deny cyber premiums are rising
Contrary to banks’ complaints, underwriters and brokers claim current market for policies is soft
Derivatives trading halved amid CrowdStrike tech outage
With broker screens offline, G3 rates derivatives volumes plunged versus a normal Friday
Op Risk Benchmarking 2024: the G-Sibs
Eleven large banks feature in round II, with new data points on first-line risk teams, taxonomies and AI adoption
Cyber insurance costs still rising, say big banks
Op Risk Benchmarking: Cost of covering same exposure as last year now “somewhat” or “significantly” higher