Our New Learning Programmes
MEASURING & MANAGING MARKET RISK
18 - 19 November, 2024
Paul Kitching
Many banks have portfolios of traded
instruments for short-term profits. These portfolios - referred to as trading
books - are exposed to market risk, or the risk of losses resulting from
changes in the prices of instruments such as bonds, shares and currencies.
Banks are required to maintain a minimum amount of capital to account for this
risk.
MEASURING & MANAGING INTEREST RATE RISK
21 - 22 November, 2024
Paul Kitching
The 2023 failure of Silicon Valley Bank has once again demonstrated the critical importance of understanding interest rate risk in the banking book of commercial financial institutions, exacerbated by heightened volatility in global interest rates, and how it impacts on the bank’s liquidity and ultimate viability.
This two-day programme (un)covers the (often-hidden) exposures that commercial banking operations face when market interest rates are changing and volatile, how those risks can be managed following international best practice and conformance with regulatory guidelines.
Contact UsThis two-day programme (un)covers the (often-hidden) exposures that commercial banking operations face when market interest rates are changing and volatile, how those risks can be managed following international best practice and conformance with regulatory guidelines.
MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT
Thierry Fuller
The 2 day Market Risk Management course will discuss the best practices
in developing an effective market risk management infrastructure to manage
market risk within the bank. Clear business process, activities and ICT
functionality to identify, measure, control and monitor market risk will be
discussed with special attention paid to implementation issues for large and
small banks in both developed and emerging markets. The objective is to
help build a world class market risk management capability which not only
minimises risk but also maximises profit and optimises capital allocation
decisions for the bank. This is an interactive program which focuses on
the implementation of market risk management; therefore, open discussion on the
suitability and objectives of different approaches and models to different
types of banks will be conducted.
Contact UsECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
Edward Bodmer
Renewable energy sources and technologies have potential to provide solutions to the long-standing energy problems being faced by the developing countries. Southeast Asia has considerable potential for renewable energy, but (excluding the traditional use of solid biomass) it currently meets only around 15% of the region’s energy demand. This pioneering 5-day virtual training programme will work through an analysis of different renewable technologies including LCOE, financing, resource analysis and pricing. The course will be hands-on where participants take turns sharing the screen and demonstrate how you can construct renewable analysis that incorporates a variety of economic and financing issues. The course puts emphasis on practical techniques with current data.
Contact UsADVANCED TREASURY PRODUCTS
Paul Kitching
The 3 day Advanced Treasury Products training will deal with advanced
products such as currency
options, exotic options and
structured bonds. Products such as credit derivatives will also be discussed.
By the end of the programme participants will have a good understanding of the
structure, use, and pricing of advanced derivative and funding products in the
trading room. The course is
designed to give participants an in-depth understanding of Advanced Treasury
Products.
Contact UsECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, STORAGE AND HYDROGEN
Edward Bodmer
Economic and Financial Analysis of Renewable Energy is a digital class
that will work through analysis of different renewable technologies including
LCOE, financing, resource analysis and pricing. The course will be hands-on
where participants take turns sharing the screen and demonstrate how you can
construct renewable analysis that incorporates a variety of economic and
financing issues. The course put emphasis on practical techniques with current
data. The outline below is separated into five different on-line sessions.
Contact UsTREASURY PRODUCTS WORKSHOP
Paul Kitching
The 4-day virtual yet practical training programme will show you how to ultilise the right financial products to manage risk, optimize cashflow and minimise debt financing. It will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the products used by banks and corporate treasuries in today"s successful treasury management, the best borrowing sources and investments and when and how to use them, and insight into the essential processes to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of your institution"s finances.
Contact UsOPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT
Thierry Fuller
Our 2-day Operational Risk Management virtual training programme is designed to help bankers implement a world class best practice ORM infrastructure. By the end of the program participants will be able to identify key issues in ORM; identify new ORM policies and regulations in Basel 2/3; understand the role of ORM in Basel 3 Corporate Governance; understand the Bank Supervision process of ORM under new Basel rules; identify the Tools of ORM including RSA, KRC, KRI, Self-reporting and ORLD; develop an ORM monitoring report; understand the methods to calculate ORM losses and capital requirement; stress test Operational Risk in ICAAP analysis; and understand the overall management of operational risk.
Contact UsFINANCIAL CRIME AVOIDANCE IN TRADE FINANCE
Howard Palmer
Trade Finance is a vital component in maintaining a competitive and productive global economy. Trade finance has been an area of growing attention in past years, and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Wolfsberg Group, and the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) in particular have drawn attention to the misuse of international trade finance as one of the ways criminal organisations and terrorist financiers move money to disguise its origins and integrate it into the legitimate economy.
Contact UsCREDIT RISK ANALYSIS, STRUCTURING AND MANAGEMENT MASTERCLASS
Thierry Fuller
The programme will look at each risk component of credit analysis. Participants will understand the entire process of how banks analyse, structure and manage their overall credit risk at the transactional and portfolio level. With this risk information, delegates can then structure the loan that protects the bank using tools such as financial covenants, positive/negative pledges, hedging mandates, pricing grid and dynamic loan pricing. The overall loan proposal will be developed to maximize the profit of the bank and minimize its risk. Participants will also discuss how the loan proposal is developed, discussed and approved within a bank.
Once the loan is executed, we will then discuss how banks monitor the loans over its duration. Annual credit reviews are examined along with the monitoring of credit “red flags”. We will also see how the loan fits into the entire Credit Portfolio management process with portfolio stress testing and the management of concentration risk. We will finally see how credit risk management is managed at the BOD level with the development of the Risk Appetite Policy of the bank.
C-SUITE RISK OFFICERS ACADEMY
Maurice Ewing
The four day “C-Suite Risk Officer"s Academy" has been designed to help participants understand the best-practice essentials of undertaking modern and strategic, executive-level risk management (i.e., Chief Risk Officer duties). In the course we learn how risk management should be defined and structured—both conceptually and functionally—so that a CRO can offer the best support to his or her business colleagues, CEO and board. In this programme you will explore everything from the tools and methods that a CRO must make part of his or her toolkit to the human resource and psychological challenges that he or she is likely to face in defining and establishing his or her CRO role.
Contact UsASSET LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
Thierry Fuller
The practice of asset and liability management can include many factors, including strategic allocation of assets, risk mitigation, and adjustment of regulatory and capital frameworks. By successfully matching assets against liabilities, financial institutions are left with a surplus that can be actively managed to maximize their investment returns and increase profitability. Furthermore, new BIS regulations on market and liquidity risks have increased the complexity and importance of this risk.
FINANCIAL ENGINEERING WITH DERIVATIVES
Paul Kitching
This four-day programme explores in detail financial engineering applications of derivatives, using specific case studies of how they are used in hedging programmes and in structured products.
The first part of the programme provides a range of potential solutions to manage corporate foreign exchange exposures using a combination of vanilla options and exotic options. The second part of the course focuses on structured products, that is, investments designed to create an attractive or otherwise inaccessible return.
The course is technical in nature and assumes a good prior knowledge of vanilla derivative instruments, notably swaps and options, and, in particular, how vanilla options are priced in the Black-Scholes world as this framework will be used to evaluate more complex exotic options throughout the course.
The first part of the programme provides a range of potential solutions to manage corporate foreign exchange exposures using a combination of vanilla options and exotic options. The second part of the course focuses on structured products, that is, investments designed to create an attractive or otherwise inaccessible return.
The course is technical in nature and assumes a good prior knowledge of vanilla derivative instruments, notably swaps and options, and, in particular, how vanilla options are priced in the Black-Scholes world as this framework will be used to evaluate more complex exotic options throughout the course.
CORPORATE CREDIT ANALYSIS
Sarah Martin
Credit Research is an area of increasing importance in global Financial Markets. Our 4-day online Advanced Corporate Credit Analysis programme will help participants analyse complex financial statements with an emphasis on cashflow analysis and forecasting using comprehensive Excel models. Participants will also review early warning signs of distress/NPLs and strategies for potentially restructuring debt facilities and rescuing firms. The course will cover green loans/bonds and also CLOs and CLNs. Finally, participants will review recent trends in financial and non-financial covenants.
Contact UsCORPORATE ANALYSIS, VALUATION, M&A OVERVIEW AND LBOS
Sarah Martin
This 5-day virtual training programme will comprise four related topics that are relevant to finance professionals in a wide range of disciplines. It covers the latest trends in financial analysis and corporate valuation, including multiples, DCF and NAV. The course also provides an overview of current M&A practices and of leveraged buyouts (LBOs). We use up to date case studies from listed Indian firms and also European multi-nationals. In view of the significant economic distress caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we refer to ways in which firms’ operational, financing and M&A strategies may evolve in order to deal with the increased uncertainty and disruption.
Contact UsSTRATEGIC, GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE
Maurice Ewing
The course will focus on high-level skills related to assembling and managing a governance, risk and compliance operation, including the structuring and restructuring, reporting and communication as well as the executive management activities related to GRC. The course will NOT focus on basic risk management or compliance skills and topics, such as calculations of risk capital, provisions, risk modeling, risk control self assessments and similar.
Contact UsRISK MANAGEMENT IN DIGITAL BANKING
Maurice Ewing
Digital Banking is almost here!! Niti Aayog has suggested the setting up of full-stack ‘digital banks’ to deepen access to financial services in the country. Based on its examination of the emerging global scenario, Niti Aayog has recommended a new segment of regulated entities — full-stack digital banks -Digital Banks which will be entities as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and thus subject to prudential and liquidity norms at par with the incumbent commercial banks. This will undoubtedly lead to incumbents in the banking sector – both state-owned and private – having to move with alacrity to catch up with the pioneers SBI (YONO) and Kotak Mahindra (811) who set up autonomous units to go digital - essentially neo-banking operations of traditional banks that function autonomously and compete with stand-alone neo-banks. And then there are start-ups like Aeldra, based on learnings from building Marcus (Goldman Sachs), and a host of Fintech companies who would see this as their biggest chance to effectively enter banking. That is at once both the biggest opportunity and the greatest threat that India’s banks will face over the next five years.
While the introduction of digital banking will undoubtedly revolutionize the banking sector, the number of potential risks are becoming more complex as technology advances. The global financial ecosystem is rapidly changing, and banks must reinvent their risk management functions to protect themselves, their customers, and their place in the market.
TREASURY MANAGEMENT
Thierry Fuller
The 2 day Treasury Management will discuss “best practice” tools and strategies to identify, quantify, manage and monitor the market and liquidity risk of the bank. ALM and ALCO reports and activities will be reviewed to identify key components of treasury risk management. Furthermore, we will discuss the new changes in Supervisory Regulations (BIS 3 and4) in relations with ALM and Treasury and examine their effects on banking strategies.
Contact UsINTEREST RATE SWAPS
Thierry Fuller
The 1 day Interest Rate Swaps will discuss IRS and how the product is used to manage interest rate risk in the conventional market. We will look at the structure, documentation and quoting convention of IRS (using Bloomberg screens). Then we will discuss the use of IRS in managing interest rate risk for ALM, corporates, funding, investment structuring and market risk hedging.
Contact UsANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING & COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCING
Bassam Azab
Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing are very serious crimes and criminals have been relentlessly in search of ways to disguise the nature of their money and incorporate such money into the normal flow of legitimate economies to enjoy the benefits of their crimes. It is therefore of utmost importance for financial professionals to be aware of, and alert to, Money Laundering & Financing Terrorism activities and be able to identify, analyse and report suspicious transactions as part of the effort to deter such criminal activities.
Contact UsOPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT IN TREASURY
Thierry Fuller
The 2 day Operational Risk Management in Treasury training will discuss the definition of Operational Risk and the Key Risk Categories in ORM. We will then look at how the ORM is analysed at the BOD level with an overview of the Risk Appetite Policy and ORM Risk capacity. We will then discuss the best practice in the ORM risk management process which are Identification, Quantification, Manage and Monitor. The first step is ORM risk identification. Best Practice consultants recommend that bank start with a detailed Risk Self-Assessment to identify key risk in the Treasury area.
Contact UsMANAGING MARKET RISK IN THE TRADING ROOM
Thierry Fuller
The 2 day Managing Market Risk in the Trading Room course will review how banks identify, quantify, manage and monitor market risk in the trading room. We will look at the Basel regulations which require that all banks must have a system to identify, quantify, manage and monitor market risk in the trading room. In identifying the risk, we will discuss the need to have good trading systems which will capture all trades; we will also discuss the challenges of remote trading systems and capturing trading data with Covid. Once the risk is identified, it must be quantified. Here we will look at different models to quantify market risk (or market value at risk).
Contact UsCREDIT DERIVATIVES AND CDS
Thierry Fuller
The 1 day Credit Derivatives and CDS course will discuss the nature and use of credit derivative products to include credit default swaps and total return swaps. The program begins with the concept of the credit yield curve which is fundamental to the pricing of all credit derivative products. Participants will examine how the credit yield curve is constructed with key assumptions in credit risk, credit migration, and recovery rate. We will then look at the current and forward credit yield curve in credit derivative pricing.
Contact UsESG AND CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT
Thierry Fuller
ESG is an important development
which will affect banks and corporates in the near future. Many companies and banks have recognised the
importance of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance issues and have
worked with management to develop an ESG transition program. This will change how these companies will
conduct itself and how it discloses information to the market.
This program will help participants implement ESG
in a way that will improve its overall risk management. The workshop begins with ensuring that
participants gain an understanding of the key elements of the Environmental,
Social and Corporate Governance Framework and its impact in Reputation risk,
funding risk, operational risk and business strategy risk. We will examine how ESG could impact and
benefit the overall ERM Corporate Governance Framework.
DIGITALISATION IN CORPORATE TREASURY
Thierry Fuller
There is little doubt that Digitalisation will be a key to success for
companies in the future, especially in the Treasury department. Therefore, developing an effective digital
program will be essential to the survival of the business. This program will help managers analyse,
develop and implement a successful digital transformation program that will
make the company’s treasury department more efficient, effective and
profitable.
The program begins
with the different changes that made digitalisation possible in the last
decade. Along with the explosion of
data, we will examine technological and communication developments such a processing
power, cloud technology, blockchain, 5 G, blockchain technology (along with
crypto, NFT, CBDC, and mobile app among others which facilitated digitalisation
in treasury, payments and banking.) We
will then examine the 4 key building blocks of business digitalisation which
are automation, connectivity, decision making and innovation. In each build block, we will look at examples
in business and how these blocks help improve the company’s performance and
customer satisfaction.
COMMODITY DERIVATIVES
Thierry Fuller
Commodity Price Risk present in many businesses. Power plants need to buy oil and oil companies need to sell oil. These and other companies need to protect the value of their receivables and payables which are caused by commodity price movements. Bankers are also tasked with helping their clients develop commodity price hedging strategies using commodity derivatives.
Contact UsRISK MANAGING AI & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN BANKING
Maurice Ewing
The recent advent of ChatGPT and similar Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation analogues by tech giants has become a watershed moment in both technology and finance—making it widely accessible (and practical) for the first time. This course is designed to help participants consider how banks can create an effective, risk management framework around such new and emerging technologies so as to better position their organizations in facing competition, innovative disruption and business/strategy model shifts, as well as the residual risks from the technologies themselves. In particular, we focus on AI as well as several other emerging technologies in banking and consider the business case for them, apart from cost-reduction and efficiency in bank operations.
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