Operational risk
Sponsor's article > Credit derivatives: will the market keep expanding?
This article aims to give a brief overview of some of the main trends in the credit derivatives market and also proposes to analyse some of the underlying reasons why this market is experiencing such a boom.
Sponsor's article > Preparing for Basel II - how urgent?
Delays in Basel II have lulled many into complacency. But despite lack of final details for the regulations, David Rowe argues it is not too early to begin planning and initial implementation.
Landesbanken's operational risk management tool
Many German banks lag behind their peers when it comes to operational risk management. The proposed new international bank capital accord, Basel II, which - for the first time - stipulates a separate capital charge for operational risk, has put the topic…
Tracing Transparency
Corporate bond traders are hesitantly embracing greater transparency and trying to figure out how to use it.
Budgeting for 2003
Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and State Street outline how next year's budget will be spent. For starters, it will be spent cautiously.
Diversification of Morgan Stanley
One year after Sept. 11, Morgan Stanley contemplates a simple thought with complex repercussions: Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.
Back to Bayesics
Gerald Sampson, of Saratoga Consulting, argues that a Bayesian approach to analysing transaction failures produces superior results.
Legg Mason Gets a Leg Up on Disclosure
Baltimore-based Legg Mason is one of the first firms to tap software to comply with NASD Rule 2711 about disclosing conflicts of interest.
Reaping integration rewards
In the October issue of Risk, Clive Davidson discussed the integration of ALM and ERM technology. Here, in a second article, he profiles the firms that have tackled this project and reviews the challenges, advantages and pitfalls of the integration…
OpVar 4.2 unveiled
New York-based operational risk quantification firm OpVantage - a division of Fitch Risk Management - has launched version 4.2 of its OpVar operational risk product suite. The suite allows users to collect op risk data, analyze loss probabilities, scale…
Forced to fit in
Cover story
Internal risk rating systems for banks
Sponsored article
Deconstructing the market
High yield
EU Cad paper delayed to mid November
BASEL II UPDATE
Algorithmics strengthens European connection
TECHNOLOGY
Losses and lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE
Back to Bayesics
RISK INDICATORS
Basel II will lead to more instability, critic argues
BASEL II UPDATE
PeopleSoft to launch new version of EPM
TECHNOLOGY
The Basel II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASEL II UPDATE