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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
Case Study
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
Case Study
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
Case Study
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
Case Study
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
Case Study
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
Case Study
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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