Opinion/Risk management
Credit data: a tough year for South African financials
Default risk rose steadily for 36 firms during Zuma’s final months of rule, writes Credit Benchmark’s David Carruthers
Credit data: Brexit gloom lifting for UK companies?
David Carruthers of Credit Benchmark looks at the most recent trends in bank-sourced credit data
Three ways to improve stress testing
Better scenario choice, iterative testing and top-down approaches could improve performance, says Ahraz Sheikh
Monthly op risk losses: AML failings cost banks $1.1bn
Also: Japanese crypto exchange loses ¥58 billion in hack; Deutsche, UBS, HSBC settle spoofing claims. Data by ORX News
Forecasting crypto crashes with bubble analysis
Analysis finds bubble signals in bitcoin and ether, write trio of quant risk managers
Basel op risk modelling blow shifts focus to Pillar 2
Demise of AMA leaves industry needing risk-sensitive approach for calculating top-up capital, says consultant
Top 10 op risk losses of 2017: crisis-era fines abate
Total losses fell by half last year with large fines slowing; frauds take top three slots
Credit data: the Trump effect on PDs
The war on coal is over, according to the US president – and the effect can be seen in banks' default estimates
Reducing noise is as important as radical change
Quants study ways to reduce noise in XVA Greeks calculations
FHLBs: safe as houses?
Health of huge bank funder rests on home loans and money market funds
Monthly op risk losses: China bond fraud implicates leading banks
Breakdown of top five loss events. Data by ORX News
Monthly op risk losses: NYDFS fines Credit Suisse for forex fails
Breakdown of top five loss events, plus conduct risk and robo-advising. Data by ORX News
Credit data: US retail woes are not universal
Default probabilities paint a mixed picture of the decline of American shops
How to save op risk modelling
Drop loss categories and correlations and adopt simple loss distribution, advises AMA expert
Russian crypto-currency will threaten AML efforts
Targeting individuals and companies could be impossible with digital currency, write academics
Credit data: reasons to like Europe and G-Sibs
Bank estimates offer alternative view on probability of default risk
Sifi snafu: Deutsche's cautionary tale
Subjecting big firms to tougher regulation is sensible in principle but difficult in practice
Asian regulators need to step up to swaps challenge
Markets on the cusp of change require new supervisory capabilities
Monthly op risk losses: Aussie banks settle rate rigging claims
Breakdown of top five loss events, plus insight on $7bn US consumer protection fines. Data by ORX News
Monthly credit data review: UK corporates’ post-Brexit slide
UK financials show steady post-Brexit decline in credit quality
Monthly op risk losses: Equifax breach sparks regulatory review
Breakdown of top five loss events, plus spotlight on Sweden’s largest ever phishing attack. Data by ORX News
Unskewed incentives: making governance work
EIB model head explains a four-step process for putting risk at the centre of governance efforts
Monthly op risk losses: Aequitas faces $192m loan settlement
Breakdown of top five loss events, plus ECB’s Ireland fine and mortgage losses in Spain. Data by ORX News