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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
Case study:
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
Case study:
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
Case study:
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
Case study
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
Case study
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
Case study:
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
Case study:
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
Testimonials (2)
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Jihan Fadila - BAF
Course - Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Internal Audit
The exercises were great — they helped me get back “on the field.”