OPERATIONAL RISK AND OPERATIONAL RISK RELATED BANKING SCANDALS/ LARGE INCIDENTS

Year 2012, Volume: 1 Issue: 97, 64 - 86, 01.10.2012

Zülal Bodur

Abstract

This work has defined operational risk, history of operational risk and the most significant operational risk related banking scandals. Barings Bank scandal is investigated in detail by analysing the root causes & results and operational risk aspects of Turkish Banks. Based on the executed investigations and researches prominent operational risk related incidents are ex- amined and Barings Bank incident is analysed by considering the root cause analysis-lessons learned-internal control deficiencies.

Keywords

operational risk, banking scandals, lessons learned, internal control deficiencies, Barings Bank

OPERATIONAL RISK AND OPERATIONAL RISK RELATED BANKING SCANDALS/ LARGE INCIDENTS

Abstract

Bu çalışma operasyonel risk, operasyonel riskin tarihçesi ve gelişimi nedir tanımlamış, bankacılık sektörünün önemli operasyonel risk kaynaklı olaylarını ele almış ve Barings Bankası
skandalının detaylı analizini yaparak kök sebepleri ve sonuçları ile Türk Bankacılık sektörününün risk yönetimine bakışını incelemiştir. Yapılan inceleme ve araştırmalara dayanarak öne çıkan operasyonel risk kaynaklı bankacılık skandalları incelenmiş ve Barings Bankası olayı: kök sebep analizi-çıkarılan dersler-iç kontrol eksiklikleri göz önünde bulundurularak analiz edilmiştir. 

Keywords

operasyonel risk, bankacılık skandalları, çıkarılan dersler, iç kontrol eksiklikleri, Barings Bank

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