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Course Outline
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
Case study:
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
Case study:
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
Case study:
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
Case study:
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
Case study:
The future
- The new regulatory regime
- Implications for the banking industry
- Implications for regulators
- Priorities in the global banking regulatory agenda
- Anticipated future challenges
35 Hours
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The exercises were great — they helped me get back “on the field.”
Lilia Boico - PUBLIC
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