Operational risk
WHAT IS THIS? Operational risks are those arising from people, processes and systems – the biggest form of exposure for many industries, but one that was neglected by financial firms until the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995. It was added to the Basel capital framework in 2004, but attempts to model operational risk were dealt a heavy blow by the huge, unforeseen losses suffered by banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
SEC charges Madoff employee with fraud
Longtime Madoff employee Eric Lipkin is charged by SEC in connection with Madoff Ponzi scheme
FSA fines Bank of Scotland for mishandling customer complaints
The FSA has fined Bank of Scotland for mishandling customer complaints relating to retail investment products
Theye charged with multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme
CFTC charges Austin man with defrauding investors in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme
Egan and McGarry sentenced over $60 million fraud
Two New Yorkers have been handed prison terms for their part in a $60 million fraud
Central clearing: safe as houses?
New regulations mandating the central clearing of OTC derivatives bring operational risks for central counterparties and increased exposure to systemic risk. In the second of a two-part series, ORR looks at the problems and opportunities for clearing…
BMO's David Fletcher: advancing on the AMA
In advance
Cole: FCA will be more interventionist than FSA
Margaret Cole of the FSA tells participants at a CSFI event that a change in culture from the FSA to the FCA will allow for a more proactive regulator
Lloyds abandons AMA
Lloyds has abandoned the AMA after trying to combine two models, losing key staff and coming under scrutiny from regulators
Robust estimation of operational risk
Research Papers
Op risk needs greater R&D effort, say US regulators
Senior Fed regulators call on banks to restart research into op risk management
OpRisk Europe: Reporting key to competent risk management
Reporting is key to competent risk management, yet is often neglected, New York Fed op risk specialist warns
OpRisk Europe: Fairness fights fraud, conference told
Firms can mitigate the risk of employee fraud by paying attention to their infrastructure and culture and also to the employees themselves, according to psychologist Adrian Furnham
Industry resists Dodd-Frank real-time reporting
While the Dodd-Frank Act calls for real-time trade reporting, industry insiders argue it will be misleading
OpRisk Europe: Incorporating legal risk "not a done deal" at Deutsche
Rob Nagra of Deutsche Bank tells of the tough journey Deutsche have had to get legal risk recognised as operational risk, while another international bank has found it easy
OpRisk Europe: clear risk lines vital, Wymeersch says
Eddy Wymeersch calls for independent risk function at top level
OpRisk Europe: EBA calls for common approach on CRD
Bernd Rummel describes EBA push for Europe-wide approach to capital rules
Oric and ORX in talks regarding possible merger
Oric and ORX have been in talks for more than a year regarding a possible merger of their operational risk data platforms
Only 15% of financial institutions have management information resources in place
Firms do not have MI risk programmes in place to deal with upcoming regulations, according to a report by think-tank JWG
Ease of bank switching could cause systemic risk
Meeting consumers' demands for easier bank account switching could increase the risk of a bank run, insiders fear
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How to use operational governance to create sustainable business value
Types of operational risk loss by event, April 2009 to April 2011
SAS presents the highest op risk losses in April and ABA Operational Loss Data Sharing Consortium analyses Q4 losses in the US