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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Risk

  • Defining risk and the imperative for banks to manage it
  • Risk as more than just downside exposure
  • The global nature of banking and associated risks
  • Overview of major risk types in banking
  • 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
  • The concept of capital adequacy
  • Key international regulatory frameworks
    • Basel Accord
    • Sarbanes-Oxley

Case Study

The Basel Accords

  • The evolution of international banking risk regulation
  • Objectives of banking risk regulation
  • 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 of market risk
  • Market activities and trading rationale
  • Primary market instruments
    • Cash instruments
    • Derivative instruments
  • Managing market risk
  • Measurement and management of market risk
  • Market risk regulation
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study: Consequences of market risk mismanagement – JP Morgan

Credit Risk

  • Understanding credit risk
  • Credit products in the international market
  • Mitigation and management of credit risk
  • The credit process
  • The credit analysis process
  • Portfolio Management
  • Credit risk measurement
  • Credit risk regulation
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study

Operational Risk

  • Defining operational risk and its importance
  • Expected vs. unexpected losses
  • Types of operational risk events
  • The three lines of defence
  • Operational risk management practices
  • Operational risk management framework
  • Starting points for implementation
  • Reporting lines for operational risk management
  • Scope of operational risk management
  • Measuring and assessing operational risk
  • Operational risk regulation
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study: UBS

Liquidity Risk

  • Definition of liquidity risk
  • Types of liquidity
  • Consequences of poor liquidity management
  • Sources of liquidity
  • Measuring liquidity
  • Stress testing
  • Managing liquidity
  • Liquidity risk regulation
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

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Asset and Liability Management and Other Risks

  • Understanding Asset and Liability Management
  • ALCOs and Treasury functions
  • Banking Book vs. Trading Book
  • Interest rate risk in the banking book
  • Measuring and managing IRRBB
    • Contractual vs. behavioral aspects
    • Stress testing
  • “Other” risks

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Supervision & Disclosure

  • The nature of supervision and disclosure
  • Home/host supervisory cooperation
  • The ICAAP
  • Supervision and disclosure requirements under Basel
  • Changes introduced by Basel III

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Defining Enterprise Risk Management

  • What is ERM?
  • Benefits of implementing ERM
  • The ERM process
  • The risk management function
  • Portfolio management
  • New product development
  • Basel Committee guidance
  • Commonly adopted frameworks

Case study

Integrated Risk Management

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

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Corporate Governance

  • Definition of corporate governance
  • Identifying stakeholders and potential conflicts of interest
  • Benefits 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 structures
  • The role of non-executive directors
  • Techniques and strategies
  • Committees and management practices
  • Communication strategies
  • The role of senior management
  • Internal framework for Corporate Governance
  • OECD and Basel guidance

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Risk Governance

  • Governance of risk management
  • Cultivating risk awareness
  • Implementing a risk culture
  • Risk management committees
  • Alignment of Governance, Risk, and Compliance

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The Future

  • The emerging regulatory regime
    • Implications for the banking industry
    • Implications for regulators
  • Priorities in the global banking regulatory agenda
  • Potential future flashpoints

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