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Course Outline
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
Case study:
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
Case study:
Supervision & Disclosure
- Understanding supervision and disclosure
- Home/host supervisory cooperation
- The ICAAP
- Supervision and disclosure under Basel frameworks
- Changes introduced by Basel III
Case study:
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
Case study
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
Case study
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
Case study:
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
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
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