OPERATIONAL RISK IN BANK GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL: HOW TO SAVE CAPITAL REQUIREMENT THROUGH A RISK TRANSFER STRATEGY. EVIDENCES FROM A SIMULATED CASE STUDY

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Enzo Scannella ORCID logo, Giuseppe Blandi

https://doi.org/10.22495/rgcv5i2c1art8

Abstract

Operational risk management in banking has assumed such importance during the last decade. It has become increasingly important to measure, manage, and assess the impact of operational risk in the economics of banking. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how an effective operational risk management provides mitigating effects on capital-at-risk in banking. The paper provides evidences that an implementation of an operational risk transfer strategy reduces bank capital requirement. The paper adopts the loss distribution approach, the Monte Carlo simulation, and copula methodologies to estimate the regulatory capital and simulate an operational risk transfer strategy in banking.

Keywords: Operational Risk, Risk Transfer, Banking, Basel Accord, Risk Management, Financial Regulation

How to cite this paper: Scannella, E., Blandi, G. (2015). Operational risk in bank governance and control: How to save capital requirement through a risk transfer strategy. Evidences from a simulated case study. Risk governance & control: Financial markets & institutions, 5(2-1), 142-159. https://doi.org/10.22495/rgcv5i2c1art8