Basel II
Europe allows wider role for op risk insurance in Cad 3
European banks and investment firms should be able to use operational risk insurance to reduce capital charges in all approaches to measuring op risk under new European Union (EU) capital adequacy rules.
Unsystematic credit risk
Although Basel has shifted its treatment of unsystematic credit risk from the first, capital rules pillar (where it was called the ‘granularity adjustment’) to the second, supervisory pillar of the forthcoming Accord, this issue is of great practical…
IAFE releases op risk white paper for buy-side firms
The International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE) yesterday released a white paper on operational risk for buy-side institutions, which concludes that business reputation rather than Basel-inspired regulation is the real driver for implementing…
Sponsor's article > Basel II and pro-cyclicality
The main argument for making regulatory capital requirements more risk-sensitive is to improve allocational efficiency. But this may lead to intensified business cycles if regulators fail to take measures to prevent such an impact.
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.
Value-at-risk: down but not out
‘No more VAR.’ This increasingly shrill call is being made by a section of the academic finance community both in journals and at conferences. Now, some practitioners are latching on, offering ‘VAR-free’ portfolio optimisation that is being promoted as…
Portfolio allocation to corporate bonds with correlated defaults
This article deals with the problem of optimal allocation of capital to corporate bonds in fixed income portfolios when there is the possibility ofcorrelated defaults. Under fairly general assumptions for the distribution of thetotal net assets of a set…
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…
An agency apart
The Financial Services Agency has more than its share of critics, thanks to controversial regulations and its handling of the banking crisis. A senior official at the agency talks about what lies ahead.
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…
Singapore issues risk management guidelines
SINGAPORE - Guidelines on sound risk management practices issued by Singapore regulators today emphasise the three pillars of adequate management oversight, sound risk management policies and strong risk measurement ability.
Basel II asset securitisation paper issued
BASEL – Global banking regulators today issued their delayed working paper on the treatment of asset securitisations under the complex, risk-based Basel II bank capital accord.
EU Cad 3 paper delayed to mid-November
The European Commission hopes to issue an update on progress with its complex third bank capital adequacy directive (Cad 3) in mid-November, a delay to its original plan to publish a paper in late October, a commission spokesman said.
EU Cad 3 paper delayed to mid-November
BRUSSELS – The European Commission hopes to issue an update on progress with its complex third bank capital adequacy directive (Cad 3) in mid-November, a delay to its original plan to publish a paper in late October, a commission spokesman said today.
Basel II asset securitisation paper issued
Global banking regulators yesterday issued their delayed working paper on the treatment of asset securitisations under the complex, risk-based Basel II bank capital accord.
Metrics - Economic capital: towards an integrated risk framework
Performance and bonuses are increasingly being assessed on profits after a charge for economic capital allocations. This has increased line managers’ interest in economic capital. As a result, risk managers must ensure that economic capital allocations…
Delayed Basel II securitisation paper expected shortly
BASEL – Global banking regulators hope to issue very shortly the delayed discussion paper on asset securitisation in the context of the complex Basel II capital accord that’s aimed at making the world’s banking system safer.