Operational Risk
447 white papers and resources
Below you will find a collection of operational risk white papers by industry leading experts. This information resource looks at key industry issues and practices, which can be used to aid in the decision-making process and help maintain a competitive advantage. Operational risk is the type risk that a company is exposed to from the execution of business functions. It is a wide concept that has rapidly evolved over the years. It includes risk that arises from the break downs of internal procedures, systems and people, plus external events. Fraud risks, legal risks, physical risk and environmental risks also are encompassed in operational risk.
Revisiting the challenge to delivering a status of operational resilience in financial markets through an integrated risk management approach
Much before the COVID-19 pandemic, regulators were already focusing substantially on regulations and reporting standards to ensure compliance by the board and senior management, delivering a determined level of operational resilience. In the UK, the Bank of England (BoE), the Financial Conduct…
New Technology Is Redefining the Success of the Front Office
The landscape of front office technology has seen several developments over the past few years. Some of these include the increasing popularity and use of the cloud, wider use of data analytics, and the accelerated use of technologies that provide enhanced efficiency and flexibility. To learn and…
Cryptocurrency Regulation Summary: 2022 edition
The market capitalization of crypto assets has grown significantly amid large bouts of price volatility. Moreover, the market capitalization of stablecoins has quadrupled in 2021 to more than US$120 billion. However, the large number of alleging fraud and money laundering is worrisome, financial…
To cloud or not to cloud - Factors influencing decision-making at banks
In a new research report, Audrey Costabile Blater of Aite-Novarica's Capital Markets team shares notable findings from her one-on-one interviews with key stakeholders across the financial services sector uncovering what’s driving—or holding back—cloud migration decisions for trading and risk…
Leveraging data in e-FX trading
In a world where electronic trading has infiltrated virtually every aspect of today’s FX market, having access to data and the means to interpret it are fundamental components of a successful e-FX strategy, writes Daniel Chambers, head of Data & Analytics at BidFX. This increasing flow of…
Next generation cyber risk for energy firms
The role of the risk manager and CIO in tackling the energy sector's latest cyber risks
Improve time to value. It's high time.
This eBook is based on the 2021 industry research by Acuiti, as well as the FIS Readiness Report. You’ll find plenty of support for a move to AI-powered cloud computing, a modular approach that ensures budgetary control, and the Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) outsourcing of routine, non…
Resilience Playbook – OpRisk Global 2021
Without a doubt, 2020/2021 has been the most volatile and precarious year in recent history. For the first time, all organisations faced significant challenges to business continuity and felt the immediate impact of decentralisation. Gain insights from Risk.net’s 2021 OpRisk Global event formulated…
Real-Time Risk Management in Practice
The word “real time” is used frequently in discussions related to risk management, especially as it pertains to technology innovation. It is one thing to talk about real-time risk management in a theoretical sense, it is quite another to talk about it in practice. In this whitepaper a group of…
The pitfalls of out-of-the-box surveillance
Today’s fast-changing markets and complex trading environment require capital markets firms to take a more holistic approach to trade surveillance