Articles by Alexander Campbell
Top 10 operational risks for 2014
Internal failures will prove as dangerous as external threats for the financial industry in 2014
Top 10 op risks: index rigging
The first in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at index rigging. The Libor-rigging scandal continues to grow, and other indexes may have been involved too
BSI standard promises protection against bribery liability
New UK national standard will serve as a defence against charges of inadequate anti-bribery precautions
Another $100m fine for JP Morgan over London Whale market manipulation
Attempts to "defend" CDS positions broke the law, CFTC rules
The huge and mounting cost of PPI
Reaping the whirlwind
Emerging risks in cyber security: video
OpRisk discusses the evolving cyber threat with speakers from IBM, King's College London and the Information Security Forum.
Yellen nominated for Federal Reserve chair, and other recent job moves
Changing hats – November 2013
Special report: GRC
Control failures make the case for attention to governance, as our special report on governance, risk and compliance finds
US judge confirms $100m Libor fine for UBS
US court fines bank's Japanese unit after December guilty plea
FCA: insurers are 'undermining' RDR rules
Regulator finds that "more than half" of UK insurers are still offering banned inducements
Conference condemns Dodd-Frank limits on intervention
2010 reform act robbed the US authorities of the powers it used to fight crisis, conference hears
PPI-related complaints show signs of levelling off
Modest increase in complaints related to payment protection insurance
Software risk is only part of the stability problem
Authors of their own destruction
Scotiabank promotes Hart to risk chief, and other recent job moves
Stephen Hart replaces Rob Pitfield as Scotiabank CRO, and other Changing Hats stories from the past month
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Fed set to raise bar for US stress tests
As US regulators prepare to introduce new stress-testing requirements for medium-sized banks, the Fed warns that the largest are still struggling to meet existing standards – and the intent of future stress tests is likely to be dramatically different
FCA figures suggest true cost of rate hedge mis-selling
Settling complaints of mis-selling complex interest rate products could cost UK banks billions
PPI payouts heading for £11 billion mark
FCA figures show no sign of slowing as banks step up provisions for payouts
Nasdaq failure underlines worries over infrastructure resilience
The loss of service at one of the biggest US exchanges emphasises the risk of a failure at key service providers
Bitcoin faces pressure over slow transactions
The New York Department of Financial Services has launched an investigation of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, on service-level and money-laundering concerns
Fed points the finger at weak stress testing by US banks
Major US banks are failing on key risk management tasks, regulator says
"London Whale" will testify against colleagues
Criminal and civil charges against JP Morgan traders show Iksil will co-operate with prosecutors
Credit Suisse poaches Munich Re CRO, and other recent job moves
Tobias Guldimann moves to newly-created risk position, and other Changing Hats stories from the last month
UK fraud down slightly as trends reverse
UK fraud down slightly as trends reverse