Operational risk

The science of compliance

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is placing urgent demands on many US companies for accurate reporting of financial information. Clive Davidson reports on the implications for financial technology.

Sponsor's article > Accounting for revenue uncertainty

The past 20 years have seen an increasing focus on mark-to-market accounting when determining corporate profits. This has been accompanied by a dramatic growth in contracts where multiple complex contingencies interact to affect valuation. David Rowe…

Parmalat focus: Tragedy or farce?

Corporate Europe has been gripped by a scandal that has led to the downfall of one of Italy's largest and most established companies – dairy producer Parmalat. Bondholders don't know whether to laugh or cry at the size of the fraud.

Order Management Systems Clamp Down

Banks are looking to Order Management Systems to achieve compliance, settle trades and take advantage of liquidity. Are your traders ready for the coming Bull Market?

Top six HK banks may adopt IRB

As many as six Hong Kong banks may implement the internal ratings-based approach (IRB) to Basel II by the end of 2006, potentially accounting for as much as 50% of Hong Kong's banking assets, says Simon Topping, executive director of banking policy at…

Bracing for Basel

When international banking supervisors met in Basel, Switzerland in 1999 to propose a new framework for capital adequacy, they set in motion the biggest shake-up of the decade as to how banks measure risk and allocate capital. The new proposals, called…

How good is your information?

Fraud, opaque accounting practices and incomplete data are unavoidable. Butare they factored into a credit risk forecast? An emerging class of models doesthe job by assuming incomplete information. Barra's Lisa Goldberg explains.

Comit Gruppe pulls its Sword from the scabbard

Comit Gruppe, the Swiss-based financial software vendor, has begun its first marketing and sales push for its operational risk product, Sword. Although Sword has been around for several years -- the product has 750 live users at about three asset…

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