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Sophia Beckett Velez Ph.D. (Walden University, USA)

Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory: A Leadership Perspective

ISBN: 978-1-80455-224-7, eISBN: 978-1-80455-223-0

Publication date: 7 December 2022

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Velez, S.B. (2022), "Index", Operational Risk Management in Banks and Idiosyncratic Loss Theory: A Leadership Perspective, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 189-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-223-020221039

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Copyright © 2023 Sophia Beckett Velez


INDEX

Account opening fraud
, 81

African tourism sector
, 50

AIG
, 7, 32, 38–39

Algorithmics, Inc.
, 114

Allied Irish Bank (AIB)
, 103, 107

AML systems
, 71, 108

Appraisal costs
, 70

Assumptions
, 19

Assurance
, 17

Assurance practices towards capital regulation effective in loss reduction
, 27, 31, 172

Assurance study findings
, 19

Asymmetric information
, 33

Avian and pandemic influenza
, 35

Back-office
, 14, 23, 37, 121

Bailouts
, 7, 52–53, 165

Bank agents (bank managers)
, 16–17

Bank holding companies (BHC)
, 15, 153

Bank leadership consensus on effective capital regulation practices
, 42

Bank losses
, 4, 10, 15, 22, 33, 59, 153, 160

Bank managers
, 17, 80, 148

Bank of America
, 63

Banking Act 2009
, 53, 165

Banking system
, 165

Banks
, 7, 16, 23

employees
, 70

and firms
, 32

frauds
, 95, 105

interconnected network
, 8

management
, 24

operational environment as host for idiosyncratic viral losses
, 153–157

Banks schemes
, 82

Barclays Bank
, 106, 130

Barings Bank
, 39–40, 57, 96, 103

Basel Committee
, 23

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
, 9, 131

Basel II requirements
, 33

Basel III requirement
, 25

Basel-compliant
, 84

Bear Stearns
, 52

Benelux based Fortis Bank
, 53

Beta variant
, 169

Blockchain
, 108

technology
, 71

Board oversight
, 41

Bonus-based compensation
, 14, 156

Booster shots
, 12

Branching process
, 79

British Bankers’ Association (BBA)
, 63

Bubonic Plague
, 35

Burdens regulation places on business activities
, 52

Business continuity plans
, 131–132

Business continuity risk
, 37

Canadian banking system
, 121, 130

Capital
, 13, 25, 132

Capital adequacy
, 165

Capital ratio
, 24

Capital regulation
, 42

law
, 32

CBN
, 42

Central bank
, 10, 12, 52–53, 131, 165–167

Central European bank
, 105–106

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
, 63

Citigroup
, 63, 157

Classic trade finance
, 108

Claw back provision
, 14

Climate change
, 131

Coding process
, 21

Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)
, 39

Commercial banks
, 46

Commercial real estate loans (CRE loans)
, 46

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
, 58–59, 63

Communication
, 22, 33, 107, 132, 160

Community Reinvestment Act
, 39

Community resilience
, 135

Compliance
, 16, 19, 33, 57, 79, 160, 163, 168, 170

Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG)
, 17

Comprehensive capital analysis and review (CCAR)
, 24, 160

Conceptual framework
, 17, 19

Confirmability
, 21

Congress
, 63

Consensus
, 17–20, 22

Construct validity
, 21

Consumer confidence
, 9, 14–15

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
, 13

Consumer Protection Act
, 24, 38, 46, 160, 167

Contact tracing
, 10, 135

Content validity
, 21

Contracts
, 114

Control environment

statements failing to meet consensus threshold
, 162

statements failing to pass to
, 161

and systemic risk
, 159–163

Control gaps
, 14

Control weaknesses
, 14, 148

Controls assessment
, 98

Controls self-assessment
, 15, 136

Corona virus
, 7, 10–11, 35

Corporations in Ghana
, 119

Costs
, 70

Countrywide Financial Corporation
, 38, 134

COVID-19
, 49

breakouts
, 132

lack of preparedness
, 133

pandemic
, 135–136, 165–170

Credibility
, 21

Credit card theft
, 105

Credit default swap
, 59

Credit extension fraud
, 82

Credit losses
, 95, 106

Credit risk
, 9, 11, 15, 54–55

Criminal activity
, 81–93

Cyber security risk
, 130

Daiwa Bank scandal of 1995
, 104

Data analysis
, 21, 71

Data collection
, 19–22, 136

Data mining
, 130

Delphi method
, 18

Delphi Study
, 19, 21, 108

Delta variant
, 168–169

Dependability
, 21

Derivatives contracts
, 113

Desirability
, 18

Deutsche Bank AG
, 46

Diamond Bank
, 42

Digital crimes
, 130

Digital system
, 71

Digitization of financial markets and banking sector
, 119

Disasters
, 131, 133

recovery system
, 163

risks
, 132

DNA
, 170

type viruses
, 8

Dodd–Frank Act
, 38, 63, 167

Dodd–Frank Asset Stress Tests (DFAST)
, 24

Dodd–Frank Bill (2010)
, 8, 13, 25, 59, 79, 157

Dodd–Frank rules
, 38

Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
, 24, 160

Domino effect
, 10, 14, 37, 40, 121, 133–134, 153

Dysfunctional behavior
, 16, 155

e-banking systems
, 163

e-Delphi design
, 18–20, 22

e-Delphi Study
, 17–21

Earthquakes
, 131

East Lothian Council
, 130

Ebola virus disease
, 35

in West Africa
, 132

Economic growth
, 167

Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act
, 38

Economy
, 9, 12, 35, 47, 54, 133, 165–169

Effective management
, 15

Effective risk management practices
, 137, 177

Electronic Transaction Act
, 119

Enron scandal
, 106

Enterprise risk management framework
, 170

Epidemic
, 10

Epidemic diseases
, 133

Equipment malfunction
, 69

Ethical procedures
, 22

Ethics
, 170

Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR)
, 106

European debt crisis
, 153

Evidence of trustworthiness
, 21

External failure costs
, 70

External frauds
, 105 (see also Internal frauds)

blockchain
, 108

in capital markets
, 105

governance practices second round data
, 111

governance practices third round data
, 109

insider collaboration
, 107

operational risk
, 110

self-dealing fraudulent acts
, 106

External loss data
, 23, 32–33, 136

Extrinsic motivation
, 155

Fail control
, 9

False positives
, 74

Fannie Mae firms
, 38–39, 134

Fat finger
, 69

Feasibility
, 18

Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilization
, 53

Federal bank
, 52

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
, 24

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
, 39

Federal National Mortgage Association
, 39

Federal regulators
, 108–110

Federal Reserve Bank (Fed)
, 7–8, 24, 38–39, 80

Finance experts
, 17, 177

Financial and tax authorities
, 71

Financial crimes
, 105

Financial crisis
, 12

Financial institutions
, 16, 40

Financial Services Act 2010
, 53

Financial system
, 9, 12, 14, 37, 41–42, 52, 64, 121, 153, 154

Firms
, 32

First round
, 20, 25, 42

Fortis Bank
, 65

Fraud
, 81–93

in financial institutions
, 113

Fraud control
, 170

Fraudulent activities
, 82

Fraudulent acts
, 105

Freddie Mac
, 134

Freddie Mac firms
, 38–39

Front-office
, 70–71

Geophysical natural hazards
, 131

Ghana
, 119

corporations in
, 119

Global banks
, 119

Global economy
, 166

Global governments
, 169

Global hospitality industry
, 131, 166

Global leadership
, 165–167, 170

Global recessions
, 12

Globalization
, 119

Goal theory
, 16–17, 19

Goldman Sachs
, 63

Governance

assurance practices third round data
, 172

compliance practices third round data
, 171

and leadership
, 165–176

practices
, 20

second round data, risk management practices
, 173

third round data, risk management practices
, 174–176

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 50

Hazell v. Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council
, 58, 114

Herd immunity
, 168

Hierarchical model
, 133

High-risk investments
, 14, 53, 83, 156

High-risk products
, 40

House Financial Services Committee
, 46

HSBC
, 46, 63

Human errors
, 69–80

Idiosyncratic losses in mega banks and SIFIs
, 37

CDOs
, 39

CRE loans
, 46

financial institutions
, 40

governance practices third round data
, 44–45

JP Morgan
, 40–41

risk management practices
, 42

SIFIs
, 38, 47

systemic risks
, 40–41

Idiosyncratic viral losses
, 37

BHC
, 15

CFTC
, 58–59, 63

coding process
, 21

coronavirus
, 11

credit default swap
, 59

desirability and feasibility
, 18

e-Delphi design
, 18–20

financial firms
, 14

financial institutions
, 16

global economies
, 12

governance practices third round data
, 62

internal control activities third round data
, 60–61

Lehman bankruptcy
, 64

LIBOR
, 63–64

and operational risk
, 57

shadow banks
, 13

systemic risk
, 9

theory
, 7, 10, 154

unauthorized trading
, 58

viruses
, 7–8

Implications
, 25, 114

Incentive compensation
, 156–157

Increased operational risk
, 177

Inflation
, 12, 131, 166

Influenza vaccine
, 169

Information systems
, 121, 163

Information technology (IT)
, 119

disruptions
, 121

Insider collaboration
, 107

Insolvency
, 83

Insolvent
, 7, 32, 38, 52, 134, 168

Institutional agents
, 15

Instrumentation
, 153

Insufficient capital
, 13

Interconnected financial market losses
, 49

Internal and external risk loss databases
, 9

Internal audit division
, 84

Internal controls
, 42

activities
, 15–17, 32, 84, 160

annual certifications
, 84

Internal failure costs
, 70

Internal frauds
, 95 (see also External frauds)

compliance practices second round data
, 101

compliance practices third round data
, 102

examples
, 96, 103

governance practices third round data
, 99

internal control activities second round data
, 97–98

risk management practices third round data
, 100

trading scandals
, 96

Internal fraudulent activities
, 15, 103

Internet access
, 20

Intrinsic motivation
, 155

JP Morgan
, 17, 33, 40–41

Chase & Co
, 63, 114

Jump model
, 133

Key risk indicators (KRIs)
, 23–24

Keynesianism
, 165

Know your customer (KYC)
, 71

Latent errors
, 74

Leaders leading by examples
, 170

Leadership champion of code of ethics
, 170

Legal contracts
, 115

Legal expenses
, 113–115

Legal matters
, 114

Legal risk
, 113–114

Legal settlements
, 113–115

Lehman bankruptcy
, 64

Lehman Brothers
, 13–14, 38–39, 52, 65

Limitations
, 20, 32, 84

Liquidity
, 39, 41, 121, 153–154

Living wills
, 53

Loan fraud
, 82

Lobbyist
, 25, 38, 167

Local model
, 133

Lockdowns
, 11, 36, 131, 166, 168

London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
, 63–64, 106

London Whale
, 17

Lugano Switzerland
, 57

Macroeconomic indicators
, 23

Management fraud
, 83

Market risk
, 84

MasterCard computer virus
, 121

Mega Banks
, 37–47

MF Global
, 49

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
, 35, 136

Middle office
, 14, 23, 69

Minimum capital ratios
, 24

Model risk
, 170

Modern photographic printing equipment
, 81

Monetary policy
, 52, 165

Morgan Stanley
, 63, 106, 114

Mortgage fraud
, 82

Multinational banks
, 9, 49

National Futures Association
, 63

Natural disasters
, 131–134

Natural hazards
, 131

Nature of the study
, 18

Night of Liberty
, 170

Non-credit losses
, 95–96, 106

Off-balance-sheet
, 24

Omicron variant
, 169

Open Compliance and Ethics Group standard (OCEG standard)
, 17, 19, 177

Operation losses regulation and capital in banks
, 23

assurance practices third round data
, 27, 31

Bubonic Plague
, 35

governance practices third round data
, 26, 28

internal control activities third round data
, 30

internal control practices second round data
, 34

KRIs
, 23–24

ORX consortium
, 33

public health actions
, 36

risk practices third round data
, 29

Operation risk events
, 74

Operational losses
, 7, 70, 81, 148

Operational risk
, 37, 41, 54, 57, 110, 132, 155, 163

events
, 15

identification and management
, 136

Operational Risk eXchange (ORX)
, 33, 81

consortium
, 33

data exchange
, 32–33

Over the counter markets (OTC markets)
, 63

Pandemics
, 12, 131

influenza
, 10, 132

plan
, 12, 177

Panellists demographic
, 18, 20

Political pressures
, 41

Ponzi scheme
, 106

Post codes
, 130

Predatory lending
, 82

Prevention costs
, 70

PRIMER
, 136

Principal–agent risk
, 82

Principal–agent theory
, 17

Principals (shareholders)
, 17

Private banking
, 70

Problem statement
, 22

Processing errors
, 69–80

Prudential rules
, 14

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
, 159

Purposive sampling
, 17–19

Qualtrics™
, 20, 22

Quarantine
, 10–11, 35, 51, 79, 155, 166

Questionnaire response rate
, 20

Recession
, 7–8, 14, 36, 41, 167

Recommendations
, 170, 177

Recovery packages
, 12, 166

Recruitment
, 65

Regulations
, 24–25, 82, 84, 106, 113–114, 121, 157

Regulators
, 9, 14, 24–25, 37, 41, 46, 52, 54, 65, 79, 83, 106, 131, 133–134, 160, 177

Regulatory compliance
, 170

Regulatory environment
, 103

Regulatory penalties
, 16

Regulatory relief
, 167

Reliability test
, 20–21

Renewal
, 79

Repo market
, 25, 133

Reputational risk
, 9, 15, 70

Research design
, 20

Research method
, 18

Research questions
, 17–18

Research setting
, 19, 21

Risk analysis
, 134, 170

Risk appetite
, 42, 148

Risk assessment
, 42

Risk culture
, 57, 177

Risk identification
, 42

Risk management
, 135, 170–176

activities
, 135

framework
, 136

governance practices third round data
, 149–151

government regulations
, 137

operational losses
, 148

practices
, 42–43

practices third round data
, 138–147

tools
, 16, 41, 137

Risk management environment
, 79, 135, 154

Risk-weighted assets
, 24

RNA
, 8

viruses
, 8, 35, 49–50

Robots
, 104

Rogue traders
, 83, 103

Rogue trading
, 57, 156

cases
, 84

and self-dealings
, 83

Root causes
, 12, 15, 133, 135, 156

Round responses
, 160

RPA
, 71

Safeguard customer information
, 108

Safety net
, 13

Sarbanes–Oxley Act 2002
, 25, 84, 159

Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc.
, 114

Scenario analysis models
, 8, 13

Scenarios
, 79, 159–160, 167

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
, 159

Self-assessment
, 15, 23, 79, 136, 168

Self-dealings
, 83, 156

Senior bank managers
, 17–18, 20

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
, 35, 136

Shadow banking systems
, 13

Shadow banks
, 13

Shadow-banking activities
, 13

Significant financial institutions (SIFIs)
, 1, 7, 38, 57, 63

banks
, 69

governance practices third round data
, 56

higher education sector
, 51

losses and global economic impact
, 49

operational risk
, 54

RNA viruses
, 49–50

significant losses in
, 7

Switzerland’s large banks
, 55

TARP
, 53

TBTF
, 52–53

Significant losses
, 7

Société Générale
, 33

Software bug
, 69

Spanish flu of 1918
, 132

Speculative swap contracts
, 114

Spread rate
, 7–8, 10–11, 35, 131, 154–155, 167

Statutory penalties
, 113–115

Stock market
, 70, 167

STR
, 74

Stress tests
, 24–25, 160

Subject matter expert (SME)
, 69

Subprime bubble
, 156

Swedish banks systems
, 121

Swine flu
, 10

Switzerland’s large banks
, 55

Systemic operational risk events
, 160

Systemic risk
, 9, 12–13, 37–38, 40–41, 133–134, 153 (see also Technology risk)

Systemic Risk Index (SRISK)
, 32

TARP
, 53

Technology
, 22, 37

Technology and automation
, 71

Technology failures
, 9, 15, 37, 120

Technology risk
, 119 (see also Operational risk)

compliance practices second round data
, 126

compliance practices third round data
, 128

cyber security risk
, 130

governance practices third round data
, 122–123

internal control activities second round data
, 125, 127, 129

internal control activities third round data
, 124

technological consequences
, 120

trading design problems
, 121

Thefts
, 82

Tier 1 capital ratio
, 24

Timely reporting
, 59

Too big to fail (TBTF)
, 52–53, 165

Tourism sector
, 11, 51, 166

Toxic debt
, 13

Trade finance
, 108

Traders
, 155–156

Trades
, 69

Trading design problems
, 121

Trading scandals
, 96

Training
, 120, 177

Transferability
, 21

Trustworthiness
, 21

UIPath Robot processing
, 125, 127

UK House of Lords
, 114

Unauthorized trading
, 58

Unemployment
, 49, 52

United Bank of Switzerland (UBS)
, 57

Vaccination programme
, 168

Validity
, 21

Viral losses
, 58

Viruses
, 7–8, 10, 49, 131–134, 168

Volatility
, 58, 84

Volcker rule
, 13, 157

Volker Rule Bill
, 25

Wachovia
, 46

Wall Street Reform
, 46

Wells Fargo
, 46

World Health Organization (WHO)
, 7, 166

XBRL
, 71