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Course Outline
An introduction to risk
- The definition of risk and the rationale for its management in banking
- Is risk solely a negative outcome?
- The global dimensions of banking and risk
- An overview of major risk categories within banks
- 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 connection between risk and capital
- The concept of capital adequacy
- Key international regulatory frameworks
- Basel Accords
- Sarbanes-Oxley
Case Study
The Basel Accords
- The evolution of international banking risk regulation
- The objectives regarding banking risks
- The challenges posed by 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
- The definition of market risk
- Market activities and trading rationale
- Primary market instruments
- Cash instruments
- Derivative instruments
- Managing market risk
- Measurement and management of market risk
- Market risk regulation
- 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 process
- Portfolio Management
- Credit risk measurement
- Credit risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study
Operational risk
- The definition of operational risk and its significance
- Risk of loss, expected versus unexpected losses
- Categorization of operational risk events
- Three lines of defence
- Operational risk management
- Operational risk management framework
- Initial steps in implementation
- Reporting structures for operational risk management
- Components included under operational risk management
- Measuring and assessing operational risk.
- Operational risk regulation
- Basel II
- Basel III
Case study: UBS
Liquidity risk
- The definition of liquidity risk
- Types of liquidity
- The consequences of unmanaged 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
- The definition of Asset and Liability Management
- ALCOs and Treasuries
- Banking book versus Trading Book
- Interest rate risk in the banking book
- Measuring and managing IRRBB
- Contractual versus behavioural
- Stress testing
- ‘Other’ risks
Case study:
Supervision & disclosure
- The definition of supervision and disclosure
- Home/host supervisory co-operation
- The ICAAP
- Supervision and disclosure under Basel frameworks
- The Basel III changes
Case study:
Defining Enterprise Risk Management
- The definition of 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
- Aggregating risk across different risk types
- Economic capital
- Interaction between risk types
Case study
Corporate Governance
- The definition of corporate governance
- Identifying stakeholders and understanding conflicts of interest among them
- The benefits of effective corporate governance
- The evolution of corporate governance - Cadbury, Walker, Hicks reports
- The external perspective on 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
35 Hours
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