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Introduction to Risk

  • Defining risk and the importance of its management for banks
  • Is risk solely a negative experience?
  • The global nature of banking and associated risks
  • An 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 link between risk and capital
  • The concept of capital adequacy
  • Key international regulations
    • Basel Accord
    • Sarbanes-Oxley

Case Study

The Basel Accords

  • The evolution of international banking risk regulation
  • Objectives of banking risk regulation
  • The challenge of global regulatory standards
  • 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 rationales
  • Primary market instruments
    • Cash instruments
    • Derivative instruments
  • Managing market risk
  • Measurement and management of market risk
  • Regulatory framework for market risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study: Consequences of mis-managing market risk – JP Morgan

Credit Risk

  • Definition of credit risk
  • Credit products in international markets
  • Mitigating and managing credit risk
  • The credit process
  • Credit analysis procedures
  • Portfolio management
  • Measurement of credit risk
  • Regulatory framework for credit risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

Case study

Operational Risk

  • Definition and importance of operational risk
  • Risk of loss: expected vs. unexpected
  • Types of operational risk events
  • The three lines of defence
  • Operational risk management strategies
  • The operational risk management framework
  • Initial steps in implementation
  • Reporting lines for operational risk management
  • Scope of operational risk management
  • Measurement and assessment of operational risk
  • Regulatory framework for operational risk
    • 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
  • Regulatory framework for liquidity risk
    • Basel II
    • Basel III

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Asset and Liability Management and Other Risks

  • Definition of Asset and Liability Management
  • ALCOs and Treasury functions
  • Banking book versus Trading Book
  • Interest rate risk in the banking book
  • Measuring and managing IRRBB
    • Contractual versus behavioural approaches
    • Stress testing
  • ‘Other’ risks

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Supervision & Disclosure

  • Understanding supervision and disclosure
  • Home/host supervisory cooperation
  • The ICAAP
  • Supervision and disclosure under Basel frameworks
  • Changes introduced by Basel III

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Defining Enterprise Risk Management

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

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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
  • 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”?

Effective Corporate Governance

  • Corporate structures
  • The role of non-executive directors
  • Governance techniques and strategies
  • Committees and management practices
  • Communication protocols
  • The role of senior management
  • Internal framework of Corporate Governance
  • OECD and Basel guidance

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Risk Governance

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

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The Future

  • The new regulatory regime
    • Implications for the banking industry
    • Implications for regulators
  • Priorities in the global banking regulatory agenda
  • Future flashpoints
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