Course Outline
An introduction to risk
- What is risk and why should banks manage it?
- Is risk just a downside experience?
- The global nature of banking and risks
- An introduction to the major types of risk in banks
- The potential consequences of failing to manage risks in banks
- Risk Appetite
- Risk Management
Case study
International risk regulations
- What are risk-based regulations?
- Linking risk with capital
- What is capital adequacy?
- Key international regulations
- Basel Accord
- Sarbanes-Oxley
Case Study
The Basel Accords
- The development of international banking risk regulation
- The objectives of banking risks
- The challenge of global regulations
- The Basel I Accord and the Market Risk Amendment
- The Basel II Accord
- Capital 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
- What is market risk?
- Market activities and why trade
- The main market instruments
- Cash instruments
- Derivative instruments
- Managing market risk
- Market risk measurement and management
- Market risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study: The consequences of mis-managing market risk – JP Morgan
Credit risk
- What is credit risk
- Credit products in an international market
- Mitigating and managing 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
- What is operational risk and why is it important?
- Risk of loss, expected and unexpected losses
- Operational risk event types
- Three lines of defence
- Operational risk management
- Operational risk management framework
- Where to start?
- Who does operational risk management report to?
- What is included under operational risk management?
- Measuring and assessing operational risk.
- Operational risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study: UBS
Liquidity risk
- What is liquidity risk?
- Types of liquidity
- Consequences of not managing your liquidity
- Sources of liquidity
- Measuring liquidity
- Stress testing
- Managing liquidity
- Liquidity risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study:
Asset and Liability Management and other risks
- What is Asset and Liability Management
- ALCOs and Treasuries
- Banking book verses Trading Book
- Interest rate risk in the banking book
- Measuring and managing IRRBB
- Contractual verses behavioural
- Stress testing
- ‘Other’ risks
Case study:
Supervision & disclosure
- What is supervision and disclosure
- Home/host supervisory co-operation
- The ICAAP
- Supervision and disclosure under Basel
- The Basel III changes
Case study:
Defining Enterprise Risk Management
- What is ERM?
- The benefits of 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
- Adding risk across risk types
- Economic capital
- Interaction between risk types
Case study
Corporate Governance
- What is corporate governance?
- Who are the stakeholders and what are the conflicts between them?
- What are the benefits of good corporate governance?
- Development of corporate governance - Cadbury, Walker, Hicks reports
- The external view of 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
- The role of senior management
- Internal framework of Corporate Governance
- OECD and Basel guidance
Case study:
Risk Governance
- Risk management governance
- Creating a culture of risk awareness
- Implementing a risk culture
- Risk management committees
- Governance, risk and compliance
Case study:
The future
- The new regulatory regime
- Implications for the banking industry
- Implications for regulators
- Priorities in the global banking regulatory agenda
- Future flashpoints
Testimonials (4)
The trainer did not leave a single minute unexploited! He was up a storm throughout every lesson and provided much material for whatever he dealt with.
Elpida - Unemployed
Course - Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Terrorist Financing (CTF)
Hakan was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable
Hugo Perez - DENS Solutions
Course - Project Risk Management
Tabitha was engaging, very knowledgeable, clear and prepared.
Cécile McNeil
Course - Corporate Governance
Trainer, Richard was very good.