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Duration 35 hours
Course Outline
Introduction to Risk
- Defining risk and the necessity of its management in banks
- Risk as more than just a downside experience
- The global scope of banking and associated risks
- An overview of major risk categories in banking
- Potential consequences of inadequate risk management
- Understanding Risk Appetite
- Principles of Risk Management
Case study
International Risk Regulations
- Definition and 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
- Evolution of international banking risk regulation
- Objectives of banking risk regulation
- Challenges posed by global regulatory harmonization
- Basel I Accord and Market Risk Amendment
- Basel II Accord
- Capital requirements under Basel II
- Basel 2.5 and Basel III
- Leverage ratio
- Countercyclical capital buffers
- Systemic interconnectedness
Case study: Capital requirements under Basel III
Market Risk
- Definition of market risk
- Market activities and trading rationale
- Key market instruments
- Cash instruments
- Derivative instruments
- Strategies for managing market risk
- Measurement and management techniques
- Market risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study: Consequences of market risk mismanagement – JP Morgan
Credit Risk
- Definition of credit risk
- Credit products in the international market
- Mitigation and management strategies
- The credit process
- Credit analysis procedures
- Portfolio management
- Credit risk measurement
- Credit risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study
Operational Risk
- Definition and importance of operational risk
- Distinguishing between expected and unexpected losses
- Categories of operational risk events
- The three lines of defence model
- Operational risk management principles
- Frameworks for operational risk management
- Initial steps in implementation
- Reporting structures for operational risk
- Scope of operational risk management
- Measurement and assessment techniques
- Operational risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study: UBS
Liquidity Risk
- Definition of liquidity risk
- Types of liquidity
- Implications of poor liquidity management
- Sources of liquidity
- Liquidity measurement
- Stress testing
- Liquidity management strategies
- Liquidity risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study
Asset and Liability Management (ALM) and Other Risks
- Overview of Asset and Liability Management
- Roles of ALCOs and Treasury
- Distinguishing the banking book from the trading book
- Interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB)
- Measuring and managing IRRBB
- Contractual vs. behavioral aspects
- Stress testing
- Other emerging risk categories
Case study
Supervision & Disclosure
- Concepts of supervision and disclosure
- Home and host supervisory cooperation
- The ICAAP (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process)
- Supervision and disclosure requirements under Basel
- Changes introduced by Basel III
Case study
Defining Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- What is ERM?
- Benefits of implementing ERM
- The ERM process
- The risk management function
- Portfolio management
- New product development considerations
- Guidance from the Basel Committee
- Commonly adopted ERM frameworks
Case study
Integrated Risk Management
- Integrating risk across the bank
- Role of risk committees
- Formulating risk policies
- Risk identification and assessment
- Aggregating risk across different types
- Economic capital calculation
- Interactions between various risk categories
Case study
Corporate Governance
- Definition of corporate governance
- Stakeholder identification and conflict resolution
- Advantages of effective corporate governance
- Historical development (Cadbury, Walker, Hicks reports)
- External perspectives (rating agencies, regulators)
Case study: Can a bank be “Too big to manage”?
Effective Corporate Governance
- Corporate structures
- The role of non-executive directors
- Governance techniques and strategies
- Committee and management practices
- Communication protocols
- The role of senior management
- Internal corporate governance frameworks
- OECD and Basel guidance
Case study
Risk Governance
- Governance of risk management
- Cultivating risk awareness
- Implementing a risk culture
- Risk management committees
- Integration of governance, risk, and compliance
Case study
The Future
- The new regulatory regime
- Impact on the banking industry
- Impact on regulators
- Key priorities in the global banking regulatory agenda
- Emerging future challenges
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