Scenario analysis
RBS creates task force to drive AMA standard
RBS has launched on an efficiency drive to boost operational risk data collection and save money
StanChart's Cherriman harnesses people power
Andrew Cherriman, head of operational risk management for wholesale banking at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, says his ability to rely on expert staff is the key to operating a sound risk management system across the bank’s many jurisdictions.
Being stressed is good for you
Increased regulatory focus means stress testing can no longer play a minor role in banks’ strategic thinking and capital considerations. Many institutions require cultural and procedural change to make this happen, but are they capable of bringing it…
Make it personal
Operational risk managers need to do more than merely collating and analysing loss data, they need to add value by working towards the firm's business objectives. This can be achieved using stress testing and scenario analysis, which add a human element…
Which way now?
Scenario Analysis
Evolve or die
Management
Pushed to the limit
Stress Testing
Fully flexible views: theory and practice
Attilio Meucci proposes a unified methodology to input non-linear views from any number of users in fully general non-normal markets and perform, among others, stress testing, scenario analysis and ranking allocation. He walks the reader through the…
Risk scenarios must take impact of climate change into account
Daily news headlines
Setting the scene
Scenario analysis is often used to plug the gaps that conventional data can't fill. But it might have more to offer. Duncan Wood investigates
A calculated approach
Operational risk economic capital calculation is high on the agenda - at last. So who is using it, and why? A new OR&C Intelligence survey investigates
Time to shine
In the wake of the subprime crisis and resulting global credit crunch, operational risk practitioners must seize the opportunity to prove the value of their discipline, says Ellen Davis
The trouble with GRC
Governance, risk and compliance is posing thorny challenges for many executives
Op risk can learn from Berlin's renaissance
I was in Berlin in June at a conference on business processes. Now, some people might think this is probably not how they would choose to spend their time. But the event was something of a revelation to me.
Room for improvement
Sungard tops our survey of software vendors, its products proving a hit across the op risk and compliance spectrum. But op risk executives continue to demand more from the software industry, reports Dianne See Morrison
A question of discipline
Op risk is showing signs of maturing, although there is still much work to be done. So delivering value to the business continues to be a substantial challenge, according to a new survey
Resolving the confusion
Risk control self-assessments have become a Tower of Babel for the op risk discipline, with a variety of different approaches being taken. Ellen Davis reports
