Operational risk

Why Coso is flawed

Coso not only fails to help a firm assess its risks, it actually obfuscates the risk assessment process. By Ali Samad-Khan

Basel II recalibration for 2006 QIS5

BASEL -- The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision plans to conduct quantitative impact study five (QIS5) during 2006 -- the year during which parallel running will take place -- to recalibrate Basel II.

German banks get to grips with a new lending reality

Removal of state guarantees and pressure from shareholders for better returns means German banks can no longer churn out uneconomically priced loans to clients. Now they are starting to introduce sophisticated loan pricing systems, writes Duncan Wood

Below the radar

The upcoming Basel II capital Accord’s impact on the global banking industry is expected to be profound, and hardly painless. The Accord’s ramifications for the investment and hedge fund management sectors, while not nearly as obvious,could contribute…

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