by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Dec 22, 2025 | Risk Report
By definition, only the less smart criminals get caught. If you really think about it, that opens the possibility of many perfect crimes out there that we will never see in a limited series. On the other hand, if the indictment stands to proof, there is a good chance...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | Dec 15, 2025 | Risk Report
Parents of young adults might be familiar with this dilemma: there are certain ways you don’t want your kids to get in trouble, so you can either outright ban the behavior with a very high likelihood the young’uns are going to do it anyway but (try to) keep it from...
by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | May 19, 2025 | Risk Report
There is no doubt that international bank regulation is one of the most action-packed topics there is, easily beating out stamp collecting and certainly on par with crocheting toilet doilies. The grand institution of the trade is, of course, the Basel Committee on...
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 | Nov 18, 2024 | Risk Report
Turbulent times can leave anyone feeling a little raw, and banks are no exception. Last year’s runs raised the flags on the resilience of the banking system and luckily the smart people at the Fed of New York know how to measure bank vulnerability and have just...
