External loss event
TD Bank’s annual op loss tab surges 144% amid AML settlement
US plea deal drives bank’s op RWAs to record C$120 billion
Research on loss data backs up new Basel op risk charge
Study finds op risk losses can be scaled in the same way as tests on engineering models
Bringing order to op risk and the duck-billed platypus
Industry co-operation on operational risk taxonomies might yield a valuable tool
All you need to know about op risk in four letters
Processes, people, systems and external events are fundamental to operational risk management, says Ariane Chapelle
Comparing alternative mixing models for external operational risk data
Mixing, not scaling, best approach for using external losses
Cifas data shows identity theft rose in 2011
Operational risk data
Types of operational risk loss by event, December 2009 to December 2011
Op risk loss data
The data puddle challenge
The loss event taxonomies currently in use are inadequate. The worst problem is the lack of clarity with regard to the boundary conditions between risk event categories. Tara McLenaghen explores the issues
Standing on the threshold
A 'one distribution fits all' approach is not the best option for op risk models. Carsten Steinhoff and Rainer Baule explain why a tailor-made model is therefore vital to the accuracy of loss distribution models
Event horizon
Rick Cech takes a second look at what makes up operational risk event types, and asks if there is a more advanced way to define them
Basel regulators to study insurers' reaction to US attacks
BASEL - Bank regulators considering allowing op risk insurance a role in the proposed Basel II bank accord will study closely how the insurance industry deals with the massive insurance claims arising from the September 11 attacks in the US. So said…
An advanced model for op risk capital calculation
The Basel II regulators need to develop a comprehensive approach to op risk modelling, says Tony Blunden in his final article on the new capital accord.