RM-1.1.11

Where a licensee maintains a risk management function, this function must be independent of risk-taking units. The duties of the risk management function include but are not limited to:

(a) Identifying, measuring, monitoring, and controlling the major sources of risks associated with the operations of the Bahraini investment firm licensee including any entity it may own, control or manage on an ongoing basis;
(b) Reporting to the Board and senior management on all material risks to the licensee; and
(c) Documenting the processes and systems by which it identifies and monitors material risks, and how it reports to the Board and senior management these risks.
Amended: October 2013
Adopted: July 2010