Operational risk
Adoboli jury hears of 2011 culture shift at UBS
Witness says risk limits were "flexible"
Pfeifer changes role at Commerzbank
Former head of op risk switches to project management role
Court hears details of rogue trader Adoboli’s fraud
Rogue trades went undetected for almost three years, prosecution says
Adoboli defence will claim colleagues were complicit
The trial of UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli started this morning – and the defence will claim UBS colleagues were complicit
Portigon abandons AMA for op risk capital calculation
Portigon – the entity that emerged from the break-up of WestLB – moves away from the AMA for op risk calculation after forced restructure
Operational risk survey shows risks higher at large banks
Operational risk losses are disproportionately high at large banks, new survey finds
UK parliament renews pressure on Barclays tax avoidance
Tyrie calls for more action on tax schemes
Bank incentives called into question over mis-selling
Mis-selling in banks requires a cultural shift, chief executive says in response to FSA report
Barclays appoints new chief as bank faces two SFO investigations
Jenkins takes over at bank under scrutiny for Qatari fundraising and Libor rigging
Selecting severity models
Obtaining a suitable loss severity distribution is a challenge for firms modelling operational risk. Marcelo Cruz assesses the goodness-of-fit tests that are used to validate severity distributions
Suspicious activity reports in US rise by 12% in 2011
FinCen shows record high, and SAS collects top five op risk events
Q&A: challenges and opportunities in African banking
Risk at the frontier
Demand grows for Islamic op risk managers
Islamic studies
Managing operational risk in African nations
The African way
OpRisk Benchmarking Survey 2012
A survey carried out by Operational Risk & Regulation suggests operational risk is high on the agenda of senior bank executives, but perhaps not as deeply embedded in the organisation as they or their regulators might like. Rob Mannix reports
Starting afresh has advantages for Metro Bank
In the current climate, a startup retail bank will attract a lot of attention from regulators – and criminals. Metro Bank's chief risk officer Mike Hudson discusses fraud, incentives and the advantages of living without legacies with Jessica Meek
Op risk function plays large part in new business approval, says survey
Operational risk managers are heavily involved in new business and change management, but play a less conspicuous role in the front office, according to an Operational Risk & Regulation survey
Metro Bank CRO cites virtues of a clean slate
A new launch allows a bank to set its own risk culture from scratch – but newly launched banks may be a target for fraudsters, says Mike Hudson
Standard Chartered case highlights reach of US rules, experts say
Accusations that UK bank hid Iranian transactions are latest example of US authorities exporting compliance obligations
How to mend the Libor process
How to mend the Libor process
Standard Chartered case highlights reach of US rules, experts say
Accusations that UK bank hid Iranian transactions are latest example of US authorities exporting compliance obligations
Fatca reciprocity agreement may cause delays, experts warn
US firms expected to push back on Fatca quid pro quo
Germany may ditch Fatca if reciprocity agreement not honoured, experts warn
Germany may back away from Fatca if the US is not able to honour an agreement to reciprocate, market participants say