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An introduction to risk

  • Defining risk and the imperative for banks to manage it
  • Is risk solely a negative outcome?
  • The global dimension of banking and risk
  • An overview of the primary types of risk in banking
  • The potential consequences of inadequate risk management
  • Risk Appetite
  • Risk Management principles

Case study

International risk regulations

  • Understanding risk-based regulations
  • The connection between risk and capital
  • Concepts of capital adequacy
  • Key international regulatory frameworks
    • Basel Accord
    • Sarbanes-Oxley

Case Study

The Basel Accords

  • The evolution of international banking risk regulation
  • Objectives behind banking risk frameworks
  • The complexities of global regulatory alignment
  • 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 the rationale for trading
  • Key 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 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 process
  • The credit analysis process
  • Portfolio Management
  • Measuring credit risk
  • Regulatory frameworks for credit risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study

Operational risk

  • Defining operational risk and its significance
  • Distinction between loss risk, expected, and unexpected losses
  • Categorising operational risk events
  • The three lines of defence model
  • Operational risk management practices
  • Operational risk management frameworks
  • Initial steps in implementation
  • Reporting lines for operational risk management
  • Scope of operational risk management
  • Measuring and assessing operational risk.
  • Regulatory frameworks for operational risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study: UBS

Liquidity risk

  • Defining liquidity risk
  • Different types of liquidity
  • Consequences of poor liquidity management
  • Sources of liquidity
  • Measuring liquidity
  • Stress testing
  • Managing liquidity
  • Regulatory frameworks for liquidity risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

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Asset and Liability Management and other risks

  • Defining Asset and Liability Management
  • The role of ALCOs and Treasuries
  • Distinguishing between Banking Book and Trading Book
  • Interest rate risk in the banking book
  • Measuring and managing IRRBB
    • Contractual versus behavioural assumptions
    • Stress testing
  • ‘Other’ risks

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Supervision & disclosure

  • Understanding supervision and disclosure
  • Co-operation between home and host supervisors
  • The ICAAP
  • Supervision and disclosure requirements under Basel
  • 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 role of the risk management function
  • Portfolio management
  • New product development
  • Guidance from the Basel Committee
  • Commonly adopted frameworks

Case study

Integrated risk management

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

Case study

Corporate Governance

  • Defining corporate governance
  • Identifying stakeholders and managing conflicts of interest
  • 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 for governance
  • Committees and management practices
  • Communication protocols
  • The role of senior management
  • Internal framework of Corporate Governance
  • OECD and Basel guidance

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Risk Governance

  • Governance of risk management
  • Cultivating a culture of risk awareness
  • Implementing a risk culture
  • The function of risk management committees
  • Integrating 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
  • Anticipated future challenges
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