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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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