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.
Why Coso is flawed
INDUSTRY VIEWPOINT COSO
Seeking direction on corporate actions
CORPORATE ACTIONS PROCESSING RISK
Briefs
MANAGEMENT INTELLIGENCE
Change mooted for EU clearing and settlement
MANAGEMENT INTELLIGENCE
Losses and lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE
Isda publishes over-the-counter guidelines
MANAGEMENT INTELLIGENCE
Compliance spending to rise 23%, says PwC
MANAGEMENT INTELLIGENCE
Briefs
Management Intelligence
The organisational turf war
Internal Strategy Turf War
IM scare for securities trading firms
Management Intelligence
The end of the boom-boom room
Compliance Sex Risk
IM scare for securities trading firms
Management Intelligence
SOX requirements 'too consuming'
Management Intelligence
Sponsor's article > SunGard to rise again
SunGard, the 900-pound gorilla of the financial sector software market, has been strangely absent from the operational risk software arena so far, according to both financial and technology industry executives. Now, however, that looks set to possibly…
Emerging market banks are catching up on op risk management
Banks in Asia and Latin America are increasing efforts to catch up with their European and North American counterparts in developing high-quality operational risk management programmes, according to Ali Samad-Khan, president of the newly formed…
Fannie Mae ordered to appoint chief risk officer
Management Intelligence
Isda OTC derivatives project gathers speed
Management Intelligence
Find the time
Special Focus: Transaction Processing
Asset managers ready for SEC CCO ruling
Management Intelligence
Losses and lawsuits
Loss Database
Briefs
Management Intelligence
Quantifying hedge funds’ operational risks
Hedge Funds Op Risk Analysis
Using transaction data to measure op risk
Since 1999, Peter Hughes has led a team of op risk specialists that has studied transaction processing environments in global banking organisations. The focus was on examining and understanding the causes of operational failure. The information and…
Managing hedge funds' op risks
The focus of this second article on the operational risks associated with hedge funds is the critical need for appropriate operational due diligence.