by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | May 12, 2025 | Risk Report
One of my favorite “Steve” memes is: Steve joined a gym in January. He’s had disappointing results. Today, he has finally decided to head down there himself to find out what’s going on. -In Otter News I am not saying that banks have treated AI like Steve’s...
by Dao Shyan Liew, FRM | Apr 15, 2025 | Basel 3.1 Market Risk, Regulations
Capital adequacy regulations are a cornerstone of financial stability, ensuring that banks maintain sufficient capital to absorb potential losses. While global standards are set by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Feb 17, 2025 | Risk Report
One can almost hear the collective groan that escapes from the gate area when the flight status changes from ON TIME to DELAYED on the board. However, I am pretty sure no bank let out the same kind of groan when OSFI, the Canadian bank regulator, announced this week...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Feb 10, 2025 | Risk Report
It is common practice in both middle school and stress testing for the teacher/regulator to require you to show all the intermediate steps you went through to get to the final result. On the student and bank side, this scrutiny is often construed as unnecessary,...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Jan 20, 2025 | Risk Report
This week the affected home and business owners in LA began to scale the mountain of paperwork that inevitably follows in the wake of the fires. First stop was most likely to file an insurance claim. However, afflicted as it is by fires and earthquakes, California is...
