Operational Risk
480 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.
Cat bonds & Artificial Neural Networks | An example of reinsurance products’ pricing using machine learning methods
This white paper presents a mathematic model allowing to predict the number and the cost of incoming catastrophes. It further explores models that help to price insurance risk transfer products, such as XL contracts or cat bonds.
Putting Data Analytics to Work in Energy Trading
This paper will look at trading across the energy spectrum, a few of the key prerequisites of a successful energy trading company today in the current high-stakes, time-sensitive environment and how one can best utilise data analytics to make sense of everything.
The Importance of Real-Time Forward Curves - Leveraging Technological Advances to Manage Risk
This white paper examines the importance of real-time forward curves. It further explores potential solutions that will aid traders, analysts and risk managers in addressing their needs for real-time and easy-to-use price curve tools.
Managing Spreadsheet Risk in CECL Reporting
This white paper outlines the challenges involved in implementing CECL, proposes a best practice approach to managing spreadsheet risk in CECL, and highlights some of the functionality such a solution might need to deliver CECL accurately on time and on budget.
Exposure monitoring in a fully margined world
It is widely accepted that the introduction of bilateral margining requirements for non-cleared OTC derivatives will lead to a reduction in counterparty risk. This paper focuses on the prospect of eliminating counterparty exposure through margining and the implications for credit risk policy makers.
The evolving relationship between finance and risk
Increased regulatory requirements that are expanding the necessity for chief financial officers to be proficient in regulations and advanced big data analytics have seen the relationship with chief risk officers develop to facilitate co-operation as never before. This white paper explores the…
Making AML Compliance Easier and Smarter
This white paper explores how the entire banking and financial services industry is embracing graph in AML compliance. If further examines how those institutions that start early will get ahead of the curve and turn AML compliance from a burden into their advantage.
Counting and Cutting the Cost of Compliance - A new tool to pinpoint and reduce compliance costs
This report outlines the key issues facing the industry in Risk Data, Aggregation and Regulatory Reporting (RDAR) cost compliance, details a robust methodology designed to highlight the core trends and ‘levers’ governing RDAR compliance costs, and offers clear, actionable insight to readers…
Why Are Collateral Operations Managers So Focused on Initial Margin?
This white paper examines the need for firms to review their collateral infrastructure. It further defines a list of simplified steps for readying your firm for the implementation of the Initial Margin (IM).
Basel 3 or Basel 4? Where do we stand
This white paper analyzes the new set of Basel 3 rules (also known as “Basel 4”) and the proposed changes to approaches for credit risk. It further offers Prometeia’s views on the implementation of these new rules in the current EU banking regulatory framework.