Standardised approaches
Banks reject Basel’s IRB data shortage claim
Internal models remain more accurate than standardised approaches, say industry responses
Euro banks to bear brunt of €115bn SMA capital hike: study
"You will get some winners and some losers, but with this it's mostly losers," says ORX's Carrivick
Basel Committee’s CVA shocker ignores trade-offs
Ditching own models for CVA risk is too binary and eliminates possibility of further dialogue
SMA proposal fires up op risk managers
Banks say backward-looking SMA is easily gamed and will lead to high and volatile capital charges
Regional banks may benefit from Basel CVA surprise
Basel Committee decision removes potential source of competitive advantage for large dealers
Getting in shape for the FRTB has to start now
Many banks are lagging behind when it comes to ensuring they are fit for the new trading book regime
In operational risk, the future ain’t what it used to be
Just because we can't measure op risk accurately doesn't mean we should give up, argues Peter Sime
Banks to ramp up credit risk if Basel scraps internal models
Lobbyists warn banks will add more high-yield debt if forced to follow standardised approach
Internal model cull to create ‘perverse incentives’
Isda AGM: Standardised capital approaches create herding behaviour, says JP Morgan exec
FRTB packs bigger-than-expected capital punch
Industry study challenges regulators' estimate of a 40% capital increase
European banks face steep op risk capital hike from SMA
Op risk accounts for 28% of US banks’ RWAs, compared with 12% at European banks
FRTB data standards seen as threat to emerging markets
Need for 'real' prices will limit use of models, increasing capital burden
Banks brace for assault course of FRTB implementation
Dealers face test of endurance to win model approval and avoid penal standardised charge
Industry fears grow ahead of Basel IRB consultation
Biggest share of bank capital at stake as regulators take aim at credit models
Conference hears fierce criticism of Basel op risk plans
Op risk professionals pour scorn on SMA charge, but some bank experts speak out in favour
Basel op risk plans 'not fit for purpose', say banks
SMA expected to raise capital charges, but lower standards in risk management
Basel abandons plans for Pillar 1 rates risk charge
No standard charge for banking books, but souped-up Pillar 2 still worries critics
Cutting Edge introduction: No more shortfalls?
Academics develop expected shortfall backtest to compare standardised and internal models
Basel op risk reform proposal expected to be delayed
Consultation on scrapping operational risk modelling is now expected in early 2016
Fundamentally fraught: the chaotic last weeks of the FRTB
Quick fixes should have no place in a sweeping three-year reform project
Bafin's Hufeld: op risk modelling 'almost impossible'
AMA can go, but other models will stay, Felix Hufeld tells Risk.net
Facilitating appropriate compensation of electric energy and reserve through standardized contracts with swing
This study focuses on standardized energy and reserve contracts with swing (flexibility) in their contractual terms.
Basel Committee to consult on scrapping op risk modelling
Regulators plan to propose single simple method
UK banks won't face FRTB capital hike – BoE official
Policy expert says most trading risks already captured under Pillar 2 framework