Written by an experienced academic and practitioner, Operational Risk Management fills a gap in the information available on the Basel 2 Accord and offers valuable insights into the nature of operational risk

3.8 Advice on implementing the stress testNotes; Chapter 4 Stress analysis and its tools; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The need for a scientific approach; 4.3 Science and the scientific method; 4.4 Fundamentals of stress analysis; 4.5 Case studies with scenario analysis; 4.6 Using the Delphi method; 4.7...

The book presents arguments that are critical of the Basel II Accord, particularly the advanced measurement approach to operational risk. It is argued that the advanced measurement approach is not viable in terms of costs and benefits and is likely to distract financial institutions from the...