Tail dependence among international stock markets is widely studied using measures of extremal dependence. In this study, we investigate the extremal dependence among stock prices of US bank holding companies. We find they exhibit strong dependence even in their limiting joint extremes....

The 2004 Basel II accord requires internationally active banks to hold regulatory capital for operational risk, and the Federal Reserve's Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) requires banks to project operational risk losses under stressed scenarios. As a result, banks subject to...

The 2004 Basel II accord requires internationally active banks to hold regulatory capital for operational risk, and the Federal Reserve's Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) requires banks to project operational risk losses under stressed scenarios. As a result, banks subject to...

The 2004 Basel II accord requires internationally active banks to hold regulatory capital for operational risk, and the Federal Reserve's Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) requires banks to project operational risk losses under stressed scenarios. As a result, banks subject to...

The ability of attackers to undermine, disrupt and disable information and communication technology systems used by financial institutions is a threat to financial stability and one that requires additional attention

Using supervisory operational loss data of the U.S. banking industry, we analyze correlations among operational losses within banks and across banks. We find evidence of relatively high correlations among tail losses of different operational risk types within banks. The median of these...