Course Outline
An introduction to risk
- Defining risk and the imperative for banks to manage it
- Is risk solely a negative experience?
- The global scope of banking and associated risks
- An overview of major risk types in banking
- Potential consequences of inadequate risk management in banks
- Risk Appetite
- Risk Management
Case study
International risk regulations
- Defining risk-based regulations
- The link between risk and capital
- Understanding capital adequacy
- Key international regulations
- Basel Accord
- Sarbanes-Oxley
Case Study
The Basel Accords
- The evolution of international banking risk regulation
- The objectives of banking risk management
- The challenges posed by global regulations
- The Basel I Accord and the Market Risk Amendment
- The Basel II Accord
- Capital requirements under Basel II
- Basel 2.5 and Basel III
- The leverage ratio
- Countercyclical capital buffer
- Systemic interconnectedness
Case study: Capital under Basel III
Market risk
- Defining market risk
- Market activities and trading motivations
- Primary market instruments
- Cash instruments
- Derivative instruments
- Managing market risk
- Market risk measurement and management
- Market risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study: The consequences of mis-managing market risk – JP Morgan
Credit risk
- Defining credit risk
- Credit products in the international market
- Mitigating and managing credit risk
- The credit process
- The credit analysis process
- Portfolio Management
- Credit risk measurement
- Credit risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study
Operational risk
- Defining operational risk and its significance
- Risk of loss, expected and unexpected losses
- Operational risk event types
- Three lines of defence
- Operational risk management
- Operational risk management framework
- Starting points for implementation
- Reporting lines for operational risk management
- Scope of operational risk management
- Measuring and assessing operational risk.
- Operational risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study: UBS
Liquidity risk
- Defining liquidity risk
- Types of liquidity
- Consequences of poor liquidity management
- Sources of liquidity
- Measuring liquidity
- Stress testing
- Managing liquidity
- Liquidity risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
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Asset and Liability Management and other risks
- Defining Asset and Liability Management
- ALCOs and Treasuries
- Banking book versus Trading Book
- Interest rate risk in the banking book
- Measuring and managing IRRBB
- Contractual versus behavioural
- Stress testing
- ‘Other’ risks
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Supervision & disclosure
- Defining supervision and disclosure
- Home/host supervisory co-operation
- The ICAAP
- Supervision and disclosure under Basel frameworks
- The Basel III changes
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Defining Enterprise Risk Management
- What is ERM?
- The benefits of ERM
- The ERM process
- The risk management function
- Portfolio management
- New product development
- Basel Committee guidance
- Commonly adopted frameworks
Case study
Integrated risk management
- Integrating risks across the bank
- Risk committees
- Risk policies
- Risk recognition and assessment
- Adding risk across risk types
- Economic capital
- Interaction between risk types
Case study
Corporate Governance
- Defining corporate governance
- Identifying stakeholders and conflicts of interest
- The benefits of effective corporate governance
- The development of corporate governance - Cadbury, Walker, Hicks reports
- The external perspective on Corporate Governance (rating agencies, regulators)
Case study: Can a bank be “Too big to manage”?
Good corporate governance
- Corporate structures
- The role of non-executive directors
- Techniques and strategies
- Committees and management practices
- Communication
- The role of senior management
- Internal framework of Corporate Governance
- OECD and Basel guidance
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Risk Governance
- Risk management governance
- Creating a culture of risk awareness
- Implementing a risk culture
- Risk management committees
- Governance, risk and compliance
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The future
- The new regulatory regime
- Implications for the banking industry
- Implications for regulators
- Priorities in the global banking regulatory agenda
- Future flashpoints
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- Customized Content: We adapt the syllabus and practical exercises to the real goals and needs of your project.
- Flexible Schedule: Dates and times adapted to your team's agenda.
- Format: Online (live), In-company (at your offices), or Hybrid.
Price per private group, online live training, starting from 6500 € + VAT*
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