
Specific operational risks
The use of derivatives creates some specific risks associated with key
functions. These are listed below and anyone working in a derivatives
team must understand them.
Trade input
Source of trade data (i.e., manual or automated);
• Deal ticket processing
– Confirmations (OTC)
• Format considerations in terms of clarity of information
• Volume fluctuation
• Peaks and troughs, influenced by issues like economic announce-
ments, etc.
• Timely and accurate allocation of trade or account bookings.
Valuation
• Sources of prices
• Input method-manual/automatic
• Validation of prices
• Generation of profit/loss figures
• Valuing collateral. ...