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A case for convergence?
02 February 2006 - With Basel II regulatory capital becoming increasingly more risk-sensitive, the value of a separate economic capital system must be questioned. Christopher Hall of Risk Advisors considers the differences between economic capital and regulatory capital, and asks whether they will ever converge.
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Business continuity in financial services firms
2 February 2006 - We were reminded in 2005 that significant business disruptions continue to occur in varying forms and levels of intensity. The London bombings of July 7, the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the late summer and the New York City transit strike in December were all examples of events in which some measures of business continuity management response were taken by financial services firms.
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S&P revamps RatingsDirect
01 February 2006 - Standard & Poor's, the New York-based ratings agency, has introduced an updated RatingsDirect, its research and risk analysis tool that provides real-time online credit ratings for investment professionals.
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Operational risk and compliance
1 February 2006 - One of the attractions of working on operational risk is the variety of the subject matter that is generally categorised under that heading. Op risk covers a series of diverse risk drivers. Examples are fraud, processing issues, and legal and regulatory risk.
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Compromising on Basel II
30 January 2006 - As US banking regulators debate how much of the spirit of Basel II should be applied to small and medium-sized financial institutions, the banks themselves are stuck in no-man's land. Will 'Basel 1A' bring more certainty or more argument? John Ferry reports.
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Exchange Risk and Reputation
30 January 2006 - Lightning, it is said, will only strike twice in the same place if it is induced to do so. Strange forces, then, must inhabit the Ohtemachi First Square Building, whose residents have fallen victim to yet another bolt from the blue.
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