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.
Lessons from a decade of top 10 op risks
Constants and changes in Risk.net’s annual rankings spotlight common gaps in op risk management
Financial firms toil to meet new EU rules on outsourcing
Negotiating right to audit vendors, including cloud providers, seen as toughest requirement
Industry should work together on operational resilience – BoE
Regulator to “shortly” issue report highlighting opportunities for op risk collaboration
Op risk data: forex rigging fines bloat bank losses
Citi, RBS, JP hit for total €800m in penalties; plus Aussie bank misconduct probe. Data by ORX News
Allianz’s counterparty risk charge up €102 million in 2018
Total solvency capital requirement down €600 million year-on-year
Singapore banks ramp up cyber scenario analysis
StanChart building out scenario library as dealers up use of technique to gauge spending on defences
Operational resilience means learning from failure
Firms and regulators could share data on mistakes, says Garp’s Jo Paisley
Apac banks call for regulatory push on AML tech
“Regulators have got to stop being okay with how things currently are,” says financial crime head
Axa market risk charge drops almost €3bn in 2018
Solvency capital requirement falls 9% year-on-year
Push harder on cyber intel sharing, Apac regulators told
Regulators must work with banks to foster trust on cyber threat intelligence sharing, say execs
Royal Commission report sparks conduct risk changes at ANZ
Regulators must work with banks on conduct risk rules to avoid “box-ticking exercise”
RJ O’Brien’s chief risk officer on margin models and clearing
CME’s looming switch to VAR model will have pronounced effect on broker and its clients, says Brad Giemza
Singapore tech risk guidelines spark scramble for IT talent
Watchdog asks banks to demonstrate tech expertise among board and senior management
BoE makes climate risk a hot topic for banks
Financial institutions must entrust oversight of climate risk to named individual under senior managers regime
Estimation of losses due to cyber risk for financial institutions
The objective of this paper is to analyze cyber risk from an operational risk perspective and to measure cyber risk empirically.
Banks grapple with social media risk
In shadow of Metro Bank WhatsApp episode, panellists warn banks need to deftly handle social media blow-ups
FCA may delay enforcement of UK’s conduct regime
Smaller firms won’t be penalised right away, says head of regulatory decisions committee
It’s a dangerous world: stress-test your managers
Ex-British Army chief tells banks: “You need to see how your peers react when the pressure is on”
Royal Commission refunds weigh on Aussie banks
A$1.7 billion of remediation costs taken by Big Four in H1
Want to catch misbehaviour? Watch the electronic chat
“It’s amazing how many people have arguments on chat” – BNP surveillance executive
BoE to scrutinise banks’ op risk tolerance limits
Watchdog says banks must prove they can stick to tolerance limits; cyber stress test planned
HSBC hires BoE’s cyber risk chief
Watchdog’s CISO will serve as UK bank’s first head of resilience risk
As legal losses recede, Morgan Stanley's op risk falls
Bank cuts op RWAs 7% in the first quarter
Op risk data: Chinese regulators levy record fines
Also: top losses feature two frauds at Russia banks and AML provisions at Nordea. Data by ORX News