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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Risk

  • Defining risk and the imperative for banks to manage it
  • Whether risk is solely a negative outcome
  • The global dimensions of banking and associated risks
  • An overview of major risk categories in banking
  • The potential impact of inadequate risk management
  • Risk appetite
  • Risk management principles

Case study

International Risk Regulations

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

Case Study

The Basel Accords

  • The evolution of international banking risk regulation
  • Objectives related to banking risks
  • Challenges posed by global regulatory standards
  • 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 requirements under Basel III

Market Risk

  • Definition of market risk
  • Market activities and trading rationale
  • Primary market instruments
    • Cash instruments
    • Derivative instruments
  • Strategies for managing market risk
  • Measurement and management of market risk
  • Regulatory frameworks for market risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study: The impact of mismanaging market risk – JP Morgan

Credit Risk

  • Understanding credit risk
  • Credit products in the international market
  • Mitigation and management of credit risk
  • The credit approval process
  • Credit analysis procedures
  • Portfolio management
  • Measurement of credit risk
  • Regulatory frameworks for credit risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study

Operational Risk

  • The nature and importance of operational risk
  • Loss risk, including expected and unexpected losses
  • Categories of operational risk events
  • The three lines of defense
  • Operational risk management principles
  • The operational risk management framework
  • Initial steps in implementation
  • Reporting lines for operational risk management
  • Components of operational risk management
  • Assessment and measurement of operational risk
  • Regulatory frameworks for operational risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study: UBS

Liquidity Risk

  • Definition of liquidity risk
  • Variations of liquidity
  • The consequences of poor liquidity management
  • Sources of liquidity
  • Liquidity measurement techniques
  • Stress testing
  • Management of liquidity
  • Regulatory frameworks for liquidity risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

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Asset and Liability Management and Other Risks

  • Overview of Asset and Liability Management
  • Role of ALCOs and Treasury departments
  • Distinguishing between the banking book and trading book
  • Interest rate risk in the banking book
  • Measurement and management of IRRBB
    • Contractual versus behavioral aspects
    • Stress testing
  • Other risk categories

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Supervision & Disclosure

  • The concept of supervision and disclosure
  • Cooperation between home and host supervisors
  • The ICAAP (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process)
  • Supervision and disclosure requirements under Basel standards
  • Changes introduced by Basel III

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Defining Enterprise Risk Management

  • What is ERM?
  • The benefits of implementing ERM
  • The ERM process
  • The risk management function
  • Portfolio management
  • New product development
  • Basel Committee guidance
  • Commonly adopted ERM frameworks

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Integrated Risk Management

  • Integrating risks across the bank
  • Role of risk committees
  • Risk policies
  • Risk identification and assessment
  • Aggregating risk across different types
  • Economic capital
  • Interactions between various risk types

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Corporate Governance

  • Definition of corporate governance
  • Identifying stakeholders and potential conflicts of interest
  • The benefits of effective corporate governance
  • The evolution of corporate governance – Cadbury, Walker, and Hicks reports
  • External perspectives 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 protocols
  • The role of senior management
  • Internal corporate governance framework
  • OECD and Basel guidance

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Risk Governance

  • Governance of risk management
  • Fostering a culture of risk awareness
  • Implementing a risk culture
  • Risk management committees
  • Integration of 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 areas of concern

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