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UBS faces investigations over Libor manipulation
Has received subpoenas from several international authorities
One-way collateral agreements with sovereign leave banks exposed
A call for collateral
'Democratic deficit' at new UK regulators worries industry
British Bankers' Association concerned over lack of accountability for new bodies
UK Banking Commission chief makes case for ring-fencing retail operations
Independent Commission on Banking chief John Vickers rules out “radical narrow banking” but says some separation between investment and retail banks could help
UK government responds to industry criticism of regulatory restructure
HM Treasury issues consultation summary on proposed changes to financial oversight in UK
Dipo conference: Loss-data consortiums switch focus from quantity to quality
Quality over quantity
EC's Barnier unveils new college approach to bank crisis resolution
European Commission proposals of extensive new powers at odds with Basel vision of colleges, and Cebs' new assessment of success of information-sharing initiatives
Demands on loss consortia changing, says BBA and consultancy
British Bankers' Association launches co-operative effort with RiskBusiness
UK banking commission moots reforms
Commissioners stress they have an open mind as to which structure will best suit British banking industry
Liquidity risk management sponsored roundtable: Tips of the trade
A panel of experts was convened by Operational Risk & Regulation for this virtual roundtable, sponsored by Sybase, in which they discuss the main challenges facing financial institutions in meeting new liquidity regulations, including the extra data…
Consortiums look beyond historical loss data
The financial crisis has shown historical loss data is not enough to help model and predict future op risk events, so some loss data consortiums are looking to include features such as scenario analysis results in their databases
How to make VAR go voom
An amended approach to value-at-risk that focuses on the drivers of risk and the use of agent-based modelling and simulation to capture the bounded rationality of human decision-making
Basel Committee convenes for crunch mid-year meeting
QIS results, industry feedback, recalibration and transition top the agenda of quarterly committee meeting.
EBF expansion of Euribor set to increase euro benchmarks gap
Changes are planned to a key euro rates benchmark - and it could have a number of knock-on effects.
Bank of England shoulders responsibility for prudential regulation
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer confirms the FSA is to be abolished and replaced with a new regulatory regime.
Banks call for new consultation on Cebs op risk guidelines
British Bankers Association submits response to consultation and hearing
UK Treasury warns banks over sanctions
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