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.
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Ten laws of operational risk
This paper sets out ten laws that govern the behavior of operational risk relating to the occurrence and detection/duration of events; the rapidity with which firms suffer losses; the lags in crystallization of losses; and internal and external drivers…
Quantification of regulatory capital for management of operational risk in banks: study from an emerging market economy
This paper studies the various methodologies used by an Indian bank in its operational risk management activities: these include loss database analysis, risk control self-assessment and key risk indicator (KRI) identification.
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Output floor to drive Basel III capital increase at EU banks
About 40% of total Tier 1 capital surge due to limits on modelled RWAs
Is there anybody out there? Detecting operational outages from Large Value Transfer System transaction data
This paper develops a method to identify operational outages of participants in the Canadian Large Value Transfer System (LVTS).
Wind-down of Deutsche’s ‘bad bank’ slows
German lender expects capital release unit to be €51 billion in size in 2022
Op risk data: Brazil’s Líder unredeemed
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US systemic banks’ op risk charges fell in Q3
Bank of America’s charge falls 26% following a model change
How to successfully mitigate fraud – AI in action
Fraud is evolving, with influences spanning technical sophistication through to turmoil and crisis. Most recently, the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown an additional spanner in the works. As the drivers behind these activities are becoming more varied, the…
Op risk data: Firm-wide control fails cost Citi $400m
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Evaluating cyclic risk propagation through an organization
Many large organizations have risk that propagates because of the dependencies between their various major organizational components. This paper addresses when cycles of dependencies exist in an organization or system of systems.
Risk Technology Awards 2020: Managed support services provider of the year – Exactpro Systems
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ING’s op risk charge jumped €228m in Q3
Op RWAs had been falling since Q3 2019
BNP Paribas’ RWAs shrank over €10bn in Q3
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AML bill will swamp financial crime teams, banks warn
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Does the source of information influence depositors’ withdrawal intentions during operational events?
The objective of this paper is to identify whether depositors’ intentions to withdraw funds during operational risk events differ based on the source of information.
Fed set to unveil operational resilience proposals
OpRisk North America: banks expected to design idiosyncratic stress scenarios to test resilience