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An introduction to risk

  • Defining risk and the imperative for banks to manage it
  • Considering risk as more than just downside experiences
  • The global nature of banking and associated risks
  • An overview of the principal risk types in banking
  • The potential repercussions of inadequate risk management in banks
  • Risk Appetite
  • Risk Management

Case study

International risk regulations

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

Case Study

The Basel Accords

  • The evolution of international banking risk regulation
  • The objectives underlying 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

  • Defining market risk
  • Market activities and trading motivations
  • Principal 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: The consequences of mis-managing market risk – JP Morgan

Credit risk

  • The definition of credit risk
  • Credit products in the international market
  • Mitigating and managing credit risk
  • The credit process
  • The credit analysis workflow
  • Portfolio Management
  • Quantifying credit risk
  • Regulatory standards for credit risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study

Operational risk

  • Defining operational risk and its significance
  • Risks of loss, including expected and unexpected losses
  • Categories of operational risk events
  • The three lines of defence model
  • Operational risk management strategies
  • The operational risk management framework
  • Initial steps in implementation
  • Reporting lines for operational risk management
  • Components of operational risk management
  • Measurement and assessment of operational risk
  • Regulatory requirements for operational risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study: UBS

Liquidity risk

  • Understanding liquidity risk
  • Forms of liquidity
  • The impacts of unmanaged liquidity
  • Sources of liquidity
  • Measuring liquidity levels
  • Stress testing procedures
  • Strategies for managing liquidity
  • Regulatory framework for liquidity risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

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Asset and Liability Management and other risks

  • The definition of Asset and Liability Management
  • The role of ALCOs and Treasuries
  • Distinguishing between the Banking book and Trading Book
  • Interest rate risk within the banking book
  • Measurement and management of IRRBB
    • Contractual versus behavioral aspects
    • Stress testing
  • Identification of ‘Other’ risks

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Supervision & disclosure

  • The scope of supervision and disclosure
  • Co-operation between home and host supervisors
  • The ICAAP process
  • Supervision and disclosure requirements under Basel
  • Key changes introduced by Basel III

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Defining Enterprise Risk Management

  • The concept of ERM
  • The advantages of adopting ERM
  • The ERM workflow
  • The function of risk management
  • Portfolio management in an ERM context
  • Risk considerations in new product development
  • Guidance from the Basel Committee
  • Commonly adopted ERM frameworks

Case study

Integrated risk management

  • Integrating risks across the entire bank
  • The role of risk committees
  • Formulating risk policies
  • Recognition and assessment of risks
  • Aggregating risk across different categories
  • The concept of economic capital
  • Interactions between various risk types

Case study

Corporate Governance

  • Defining corporate governance
  • Identifying stakeholders and potential conflicts of interest
  • The benefits of effective corporate governance
  • The evolution of corporate governance – the Cadbury, Walker, and Hicks reports
  • External perspectives on corporate governance (rating agencies and regulators)

Case study: Can a bank be “Too big to manage”?

Good corporate governance

  • Corporate organizational structures
  • The responsibilities of non-executive directors
  • Effective techniques and strategies
  • Committee structures and management practices
  • Communication frameworks
  • The role of senior management in governance
  • The internal framework for Corporate Governance
  • Guidance from the OECD and Basel Committee

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Risk Governance

  • Governance of risk management
  • Cultivating a culture of risk awareness
  • Implementing a risk culture
  • The function of risk management committees
  • The nexus 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 challenges
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