Risk Management
890 white papers and resources
Risk Library provides a selection of risk management white papers which address key questions which can be used in reducing the dangers for your organisation faces and how to utilise any opportunities which may ensue to their maximum capability. Risk management is the assessment and mitigation of risks which have arisen by changes on a local or global scale. Risk management may involve realising opportunities that have resulted from these changes. Within the context of the Risk Library, risk management has been defined under asset liability management, credit risk, enterprise risk management, liquidity risk, market risk, operational risk and settlement risk.
Anti-Money Laundering when transaction monitoring is not sufficient
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) operations had been regarded as a cost of doing business by the majority of financial institutions. This white paper reviews the current AML challenges that the banking industry faces.
Fraud Intelligence Analysis: Identifying, investigating and disrupting financial crimes
Fraud is a significant and evolving challenge for the financial industry, costing an estimated five to eight percent of revenue per annum. This white paper analyses the challenges that the financial industry faces when combating fraud.
Asset allocation with shadow assets
The wealth of most investors contains both financial assets as well as non-financial assets. This white paper defines shadow assets as (mostly) non-financial and non-tradeable assets that are exogenous to the investor’s asset allocation decision.
A guide to managing metadata in today’s law firms
Challenges associated with cleaning metadata from documents and protecting law firms from the inadvertent disclosure of proprietary information are discussed. Also, key questions in developing risk management policies and deploying technologies to protect confidentiality as it pertains to metadata.
A guide to document comparison and security for legal departments
Producing and manage contracts, legal agreements, documentation and corporate policy manuals is critical for every legal team. Failure to adequately manage these documents and control their content can lead to a variety of risks including loss of employee productivity, legal judgments and customers.
Market risk – How to achieve international approval
Adopting the Internal Model Approach (IMA) has given banks the ability to reduce their market risk exposure. This white paper reviews the benefits of IMA, points out the challenges of IMA implementation and looks at the various options available to limit resource expenditure.
KYC, AML, FATCA and client on-boarding - A glossary
This glossary is designed to support back and middle office resources in dealing with know your client (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML), Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act(FATCA) and client on-boarding.
Achieving Basel III compliance – How to tackle IT and business issues
Since its introduction the banking industry has had to make significant changes in order to meet Basel III’s strict set of requirements. This white paper reviews capital, risk management and technological challenges that the banking industry is facing in order to become Basel III compliant.
Mis-selling: a global perspective
This white paper sets out developments in key jurisdictions, and explores the common themes which are emerging from increasing levels of mis-selling litigation worldwide. It looks at emerging trends and strategic considerations.
Deposits, deposit guarantee schemes and bank resolution
This white paper considers the techniques which are – or should be – available for the resolution of banks which are primarily funded through retail deposits.