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What is Operational risk, operational loss event?

Also known as: operational risk · operational loss event

Definition 28.1 Rates, Credit, XVA and Risk · Chapter 28 — Operational Risk and Rogue Trading

Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events; it includes legal risk and excludes strategic and reputational risk. An operational loss event is an occurrence of such a loss, recorded with its date, amount, business line and cause.

Examples

Example 28.3 (Capital for operational risk)

A bank with a BI of EUR 35 billion has a BIC of 0.12+29×0.15+5×0.18=5.370.12+29\times0.15+5\times0.18 = 5.37 billion. With average annual losses of 0.5 billion, its loss component is 7.5 billion, its ILM 1.107 and its capital 5.94 billion; with 0.25 billion of losses, the ILM is 0.904 and the capital 4.85 billion.

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