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''Risk management.''
(PCBS).
An apparently unusual event of very high impact, particularly one which - before it happened - was believed in error to be highly improbable or even impossible.


The use of the term in finance derives from the widespread historical (and erroneous) belief in the Northern hemisphere that black swans did not exist, in the period before the common occurrence of black swans in the Southern hemisphere had been reported in the North.


The concept was popularised in a 2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - "The Black Swan" - where he summarises the problem in risk management as "the confusion of absence of evidence of Black Swans (or something else) for evidence of absence of Black Swans (or something else)".
The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was established by the UK Parliament in 2012 to:
In other words, that the existence of financial "black swans" tends to lead to the systematic under-assessment and understatement of financial risk.
 
[[Risk management]]
'''A.'''
 
Consider and report on:
 
1. Professional standards and culture in the UK banking sector, taking account of regulatory and competition investigations into the LIBOR rate-setting scandal.
 
2. Lessons to be learned about:
 
2.1. Corporate governance.
 
2.2. Transparency.
 
2.3. Conflicts of interest.
 
2.4. Their implications for regulation and for UK Government policy.
 
 
'''B.'''
 
Make recommendations for legislative and other action.
 
The Commission's 2013 report is designed to address:
 
(1) Making the individual responsibility of senior bankers a reality.
 
(2) Reinforcing each bank's own responsibility for its own soundness and the maintenance of its standards.
 
(3) Creating better functioning and more diverse banking markets.
 
(4) Reinforcing regulators' responsibility to exercise judgement in deploying their powers.
 
(5) Specifying the responsibilities of the UK Government.
 
 
The Commission's report setting out its conclusions and recommendations can be downloaded here:
[[Media:PCBS report June 2013.pdf|PCBS final report June 2013]].
 
 
==External links==
*[http://www.parliament.uk/bankingstandards UK Parliament: PCBS]
 
[[Category:Regulation_and_Law]]
[[Category:Control_and_Reporting]]
[[Category:Policy_and_Objectives]]
[[Category:The_Treasury_Professional]]

Revision as of 13:38, 28 June 2013

(PCBS).


The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was established by the UK Parliament in 2012 to:

A.

Consider and report on:

1. Professional standards and culture in the UK banking sector, taking account of regulatory and competition investigations into the LIBOR rate-setting scandal.

2. Lessons to be learned about:

2.1. Corporate governance.

2.2. Transparency.

2.3. Conflicts of interest.

2.4. Their implications for regulation and for UK Government policy.


B.

Make recommendations for legislative and other action.

The Commission's 2013 report is designed to address:

(1) Making the individual responsibility of senior bankers a reality.

(2) Reinforcing each bank's own responsibility for its own soundness and the maintenance of its standards.

(3) Creating better functioning and more diverse banking markets.

(4) Reinforcing regulators' responsibility to exercise judgement in deploying their powers.

(5) Specifying the responsibilities of the UK Government.


The Commission's report setting out its conclusions and recommendations can be downloaded here: PCBS final report June 2013.


External links

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