What is BCBS 239

The regulations that emerged from the global financial crisis of 2008 and fines that were imposed afterwards triggered a wave of changes in how risk is managed. Innovative methods for risk management became more important as the standards for compliance and management tightened. Institutions also invested in strengthening their risk cultures and involved their boards more closely in key risk decisions. This chapter discusses major risk factors for financial institutions and the innovative solutions that they introduced to manage risk better. Innovative solutions in risk management are not limited to advances in technology such as machine learning and data mining, but also include new regulations, better monitoring, and stricter auditing. Financial institutions improved boards' oversight of risk, created new committees for risk assessment and monitoring. and developed new methodologies for risk management.