Business continuity
BoJ’s Miyao pledges continuity of settlements system during planned blackouts
Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ryuzo Miyao says in-house power generation at central bank branches would support settlements systems ahead of planned power shortages
Japan crisis – business continuity amid a one-in-1,000-year event
Business continuity planning struggles to prepare for a one-in-1,000-year event such as the Japan disaster.
BoJ leaps to action to soothe quake fears
Bank of Japan moves to assure investors that financial infrastructures are still working; central bank will work to maintain smooth liquidity, settlement conditions
Thomson Reuters Matching hit by four-hour outage
Banks say liquidity was affected by the service outage but it was fortunate to occur at a quiet time for the market
Put your hands together
Put your hands together
Business continuity relies on adaptabilty amid civil unrest
Ready for anything
The top 10 operational risks to watch in 2011
Batten down the hatches
ECB approves business continuity standards at payment infrastructures
Systemically important payment systems get a "pass" mark but are asked to focus on crisis communication
MAS ups DBS's op risk capital number
DBS censured by Singapore regulator for IT outage, required to hold more op risk capital
UK firms neglected environmental resilience in IT business continuity drive, says SunGard
SunGard says focusing on resilient technology has left some firms flatfooted for business continuity
Matthew Simmons: Oil markets face ‘Pearl Harbour’
The oil market is facing its own ‘Pearl Harbour’, as a number of factors, ranging from supply tightness, operational disasters such as the BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, ageing refining capabilities and a diminishing oil sector workforce push the sector…
Where to from here?
Editor Victoria Tozer-Pennington reviews the op risk events from the month that range from volcanic ash clouds to civil fraud.
Why banks must prepare for a 'black ash' event
Erupting volcanoes do not often show up in scenario plans for financial services firms but they might do from now on.
Firms more efficient and resilient, says Business Continuity Institute
Business continuity planning helps firms deal with unexpected external events
Coming of age
$urendra Naidoo, risk management director and group head of operational risk at Standard Bank, believes the operational risk function can claim success when the firm’s business managers are educated to the level where they manage op risk themselves
A watertight solution
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Barclays ATM fault affects millions of consumers
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Data corruption fastest cause of disruption for businesses
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What next?
Editor's letter
FSA warns firms to address swine flu
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