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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Risk

  • Defining risk and the rationale for bank risk management
  • Whether risk is solely a downside experience
  • The global scope of banking and associated risks
  • An overview of major risk types in banking
  • Potential consequences of inadequate risk management
  • Risk appetite
  • Risk management principles

Case Study

International Risk Regulations

  • The nature of risk-based regulations
  • The relationship between risk and capital
  • Concepts of capital adequacy
  • Key international regulatory frameworks
    • Basel Accords
    • Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Case Study

The Basel Accords

  • The evolution of international banking risk regulation
  • Objectives of banking risk frameworks
  • Challenges posed by global regulations
  • 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

  • Definition and scope of 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 framework for market risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case Study: Consequences of mismanaging market risk – JP Morgan

Credit Risk

  • Understanding credit risk
  • Credit products in the international market
  • Mitigating and managing credit risk
  • The credit workflow
  • The credit analysis process
  • Portfolio management
  • Measuring credit risk
  • Regulatory framework for credit risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case Study

Operational Risk

  • Definition and significance of operational risk
  • Risk of loss, including expected and unexpected losses
  • Types of operational risk events
  • The three lines of defense
  • Operational risk management strategies
  • The operational risk management framework
  • Initial steps in implementation
  • Reporting structures for operational risk management
  • Scope of operational risk management
  • Measurement and assessment of operational risk
  • Regulatory framework for operational risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case Study: UBS

Liquidity Risk

  • Defining liquidity risk
  • Types of liquidity
  • Consequences of poor liquidity management
  • Sources of liquidity
  • Measuring liquidity
  • Stress testing methodologies
  • Managing liquidity
  • Regulatory framework for liquidity risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

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Asset and Liability Management and Other Risks

  • Introduction to Asset and Liability Management (ALM)
  • ALCOs and Treasury functions
  • Banking book versus Trading Book
  • Interest rate risk in the banking book
  • Measuring and managing IRRBB
    • Contractual versus behavioral aspects
    • Stress testing
  • ‘Other’ risk categories

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Supervision and Disclosure

  • Principles of supervision and disclosure
  • Cooperation between home and host supervisors
  • The ICAAP framework
  • Supervision and disclosure requirements under Basel standards
  • Changes introduced by Basel III

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Defining Enterprise Risk Management

  • What is ERM?
  • Benefits of implementing ERM
  • The ERM process
  • The role of the risk management function
  • Portfolio management within ERM
  • Implications for new product development
  • Basel Committee guidance
  • Commonly adopted ERM frameworks

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Integrated Risk Management

  • Integrating risks across the entire bank
  • Structure and function of risk committees
  • Formulating risk policies
  • Risk identification and assessment
  • Aggregating risk across different types
  • The concept of economic capital
  • Interactions between various risk types

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Corporate Governance

  • Definition of corporate governance
  • Stakeholders and potential conflicts of interest
  • Advantages of effective corporate governance
  • 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 organizational structures
  • The role of non-executive directors
  • Governance techniques and strategies
  • Committee structures and management practices
  • Internal communication mechanisms
  • The role of senior management
  • Internal corporate governance frameworks
  • OECD and Basel guidance

Case Study

Risk Governance

  • Governance of risk management
  • Cultivating a culture of risk awareness
  • Implementing a risk culture
  • Establishing risk management committees
  • Integrating governance, risk, and compliance

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The Future

  • The emerging regulatory regime
    • Implications for the banking industry
    • Implications for regulators
  • Key priorities in the global banking regulatory agenda
  • Anticipated future challenges

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