Operational risk modelling
Op risk data: Westpac and Sumitomo among four banks hit by $359m fraud
Also: Misinformation in Lloyds Bank insurance renewals; AML fail at Amex France. Data by ORX News
On modeling contagion in the formation of operational risk loss
This paper models an overall operational risk loss caused by the accumulation of intermediate losses incurred at each process via a mechanism of network contagion across distinct processes within the boundary of a bank.
Commerzbank’s op RWAs hit 10-year low
The bank added 20bp to its CET1 capital ratio in Q1
The economic cost of a fat finger mistake: a comparative case study from Samsung Securities’s ghost stock blunder
This paper quantifies the economic cost of Samsung Securities’s ghost stock blunder using the synthetic control method.
Top 10 operational risks for 2021
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners
Op risk data: Chronic corruption charges cost Deutsche dear
Also: Wells Fargo fee fight; Nasdaq queers Emir reg; Covid keeps AML fines in line. Data by ORX News
Four in five European banks don’t model their op risks
Advanced measurement approach is the preserve of large banks
Is there anybody out there? Detecting operational outages from Large Value Transfer System transaction data
This paper develops a method to identify operational outages of participants in the Canadian Large Value Transfer System (LVTS).
US systemic banks’ op risk charges fell in Q3
Bank of America’s charge falls 26% following a model change
ING’s op risk charge jumped €228m in Q3
Op RWAs had been falling since Q3 2019
Op risk data: Record $920m fine for JP metals ploy
Also: counting the cost of Covid cons; Citi audio dynamite. Data by ORX News
Banks aim to close op risk stress test capital gap
Standardising stress drivers could help smooth differences between bank loss estimates
Op risk data: Revlon lenders won’t make up over Citi error
Also: Cyber fines on the up; and more fat-finger fails of yore. Data by ORX News
Goldman’s op RWAs climb $13bn on 1MDB settlement
Bank settled with Malaysian government for $2.5 billion in July
Op risk data: Goldman 1MDB settlement swells 2020 loss tally
Also: Deutsche fined over Epstein KYC failings; collateral fraud in focus. Data by ORX News
Fed’s approach to stressing op risk frustrates banks
Regulator’s stress test results overshoot banks’ numbers, threatening capital plans
Op risk data: Losses plummet during lockdown
Also: Wirecard dominates legacy losses; SEB hit with massive AML fine. Data by ORX News
Op risk data: Morgan Stanley falls foul of Dutch tax office
Also: JP Morgan settles crypto fees class action; banks debate Covid-19 scenarios. Data by ORX News
Though Covid crisis rages, US banks’ op RWAs fall
Wells Fargo sees op RWAs fall $2.9 billion
Op risk data: Outsourcing losses loom in lockdown
Also: Swedbank hit with huge AML fine; record Russia fine for StanChart. Data by ORX News
Top 10 operational risks for 2020
The biggest op risks for 2020, as chosen by industry practitioners
IT disruption chief concern in Top 10 Op Risks survey 2020
Risk managers cite data compromise, theft & fraud and third-party risk among other top worries
Op RWAs tumble €3bn at Commerzbank in Q4
Op risk capital requirement the lowest for at least nine years
Outsourced model validation: is it viable?
Consortium promises cost savings in outsourcing model validation, but some say pooling doesn’t float