by Philip Lawton | Apr 27, 2017 | Business Analytics
The Federal Reserve and the OCC define model risk as “the potential for adverse consequences from decisions based on incorrect or misused model outputs and reports.”[1] Statistical models are the core of stress testing and credit analysis, but banks are increasingly...
by Philip Lawton | Mar 31, 2017 | Platform
Middle office jobs are fascinating. In performance analysis, spotting dubious returns and tracing them back to questionable inputs requires insight that seems intuitive or innate but results in fact from a keen understanding of markets, asset classes, investment...
by Philip Lawton | Feb 24, 2017 | Business Analytics
Stop and think: how much does your firm — and your work group — depend upon electronic spreadsheets to get mission-critical assignments done? How badly could a spreadsheet error damage your company’s reputation? Its financial results? Your own career? Here’s an...
by Philip Lawton | Feb 2, 2017 | Regulations
The U.S. central bank finalized its rule exempting large and noncomplex banks from the qualitative component of Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) program. Bank holding companies and U.S. intermediate holding companies of foreign banking organizations...
by Philip Lawton | Dec 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule became effective in June with an implementation date that is now less than four months away. It is, of course, uncertain that the regulation will stay in place under the new administration. President-elect Trump has named...
by admin | Jul 1, 2015 | General
Stress testing the country’s banks provides a valuable measurement of how well the banks would perform under unfavorable conditions. In order for the tests to give the most accurate picture of potential vulnerabilities, Federal Reserve officials don’t disclose the...
by admin | Jun 19, 2015 | General
The purpose of stress testing is to evaluate a financial organization’s strength under adverse conditions. But as this Forbe’s article explains, it is not simply a matter of passing or failing. Visit the link below at Forbes.com for more about regulatory stress...
by admin | Jul 23, 2014 | General
Business schools around the country are realizing that management students with coding skills are more valuable to their future employers. According to Business Week, companies want business leaders who know enough about coding to communicate with their technical...
by admin | Mar 27, 2014 | General
Too big to fail? Or too big to manage? Some of the country’s largest banks are being asked to simplify their operations, in order to give regulators more accurate information about the risks these giants pose to the country’s financial system. It’s one of many...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | General
Across the entire spectrum of risk management, it is often the consensus view that risk is simply part of a regulatory requirement that banks must undertake. What many fail to see, however, is that risk is perhaps the number one determinant in profit margins and good...
