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Operational Risk: A Photo Really Does Speak 1,000 Words

An ‘alert reader’ sent us this link to a photo of JPMorgan’s London trading floor, which last week suffered from a plumbing problem–presumably from the floor above. We recommend anyone interested in operational risk click to see the photo and then envision your own trading desk or client files. We suspect JPMorgan may appreciate theContinue reading “Operational Risk: A Photo Really Does Speak 1,000 Words”

Operational Risk #6: Playbooks—Workflow Documentation

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Operational Risk #5: Naïve Reliance on Technology—The Downside of Automation

Operational Risk #4: Dropped Batons—Hand-offs

Operational Risk #3: Novices, Apprentices and Soloists—Inadequate Training or Cross-Training

Operational Risk #2: The Blind Leading the Blind—Overextended and Underqualified Managers

#1 Operational Risk: Complacency—Trivializing and Disregarding Risks

Top 10 Areas of Operational Risk for the Buy Side

Philip Lawton, Leading Performance Expert, Joins Stone House Consulting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, 20 JULY 2010 – THORNTON, PA Stone House Consulting, LLC announced that Philip Lawton, formerly head of the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM®) program at CFA Institute, has joined the firm as a partner. Holly Miller, founding partner of Stone House Consulting, said, “Investment managers and hedge funds that excelContinue reading “Philip Lawton, Leading Performance Expert, Joins Stone House Consulting”

Signs of Maturity

During her opening remarks as chairperson of FTF News’ 3rd Annual Hedge Fund Operations and Technology Conference in New York, Holly Miller, partner at Stone House Consulting, discussed critical signs of maturity that hedge fund managers will need to demonstrate to regulators. Wall Street & Technology highlighted them in their May 2010 cover story. PleaseContinue reading “Signs of Maturity”