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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Risk

  • Defining risk and the rationale for its management in banking
  • The concept of risk as a downside experience
  • The global scope of banking and associated risks
  • An overview of major risk categories in banking
  • The potential consequences of inadequate risk management
  • Risk Appetite
  • Risk Management

Case study

International Risk Regulations

  • The nature of risk-based regulations
  • The correlation between risk and capital requirements
  • The concept of capital adequacy
  • Key international regulatory frameworks
    • Basel Accords
    • Sarbanes-Oxley

Case Study

The Basel Accords

  • The evolution of international banking risk regulation
  • Objectives related to banking risks
  • The complexities of global regulatory alignment
  • Basel I and the Market Risk Amendment
  • Basel II
  • 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
  • Management strategies for market risk
  • Measurement and control of market risk
  • Market risk regulatory frameworks
    • 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
  • Mitigation and management of credit risk
  • The credit approval process
  • Credit analysis methodologies
  • Portfolio Management
  • Credit risk measurement
  • Credit risk regulatory frameworks
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study

Operational Risk

  • The definition and significance of operational risk
  • Distinguishing between expected and unexpected losses
  • Categorization of operational risk events
  • The Three Lines of Defence model
  • Operational risk management practices
  • The operational risk management framework
  • Initial steps in implementation
  • Reporting lines for operational risk management
  • Scope of operational risk management
  • Measurement and assessment of operational risk
  • Operational risk regulatory frameworks
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study: UBS

Liquidity Risk

  • Defining liquidity risk
  • Types of liquidity
  • Implications of poor liquidity management
  • Sources of liquidity
  • Liquidity measurement techniques
  • Stress testing
  • Strategies for managing liquidity
  • Liquidity risk regulatory frameworks
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

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Asset and Liability Management and Other Risks

  • The concept of Asset and Liability Management
  • The role of ALCOs and Treasury functions
  • Distinguishing between the Banking Book and Trading Book
  • Interest rate risk in the banking book
  • Measurement and management of IRRBB
    • Contractual versus behavioural analysis
    • Stress testing
  • Other residual risks

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Supervision & Disclosure

  • The scope of supervision and disclosure
  • Home and host supervisory cooperation
  • The ICAAP (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process)
  • Supervision and disclosure requirements under Basel frameworks
  • Key changes introduced by Basel III

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Defining Enterprise Risk Management

  • The definition of ERM
  • The advantages of implementing ERM
  • The ERM process lifecycle
  • The role of the risk management function
  • Portfolio management integration
  • Risk considerations in new product development
  • Basel Committee guidance
  • Commonly adopted ERM frameworks

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Integrated Risk Management

  • Integrating risks across the entire bank
  • The role of risk committees
  • Formulating risk policies
  • Risk identification and assessment
  • Aggregating risk across different categories
  • Economic capital
  • Interactions between various risk types

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Corporate Governance

  • Defining corporate governance
  • Stakeholder identification and conflict management
  • The benefits of effective corporate governance
  • Historical development of governance (Cadbury, Walker, Hicks reports)
  • External perspectives on corporate governance (rating agencies, regulators)

Case study: Can a bank be “Too big to manage”?

Good Corporate Governance

  • Corporate organizational structures
  • The function of non-executive directors
  • Governance techniques and strategies
  • Committee structures and management practices
  • Communication protocols
  • The responsibility of senior management
  • The internal framework for corporate governance
  • OECD and Basel guidance principles

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Risk Governance

  • Governance of risk management
  • Cultivating a culture of risk awareness
  • Implementing a comprehensive risk culture
  • The structure and role of risk management committees
  • The intersection of governance, risk, and compliance

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The Future

  • The evolving regulatory environment
    • Impact on the banking industry
    • Impact on regulators
  • Priorities in the global banking regulatory agenda
  • Potential future flashpoints

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