Advanced Risk Management Course

 Location: Available Globally

 Dates: Open date - Open date  Duration: -  Price:

The Aim of this course is to provide participants with the skills and techniques necessary to understand, analyse, measure and assess the risks of both a Bank and Corporate Treasury operation.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply a framework for risk management
  • Identify treasury risks
  • Calculate the risk capital of the Bank’s book
  • Optimize the balance sheet risk / reward structure
  • Comprehend the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) of various businesses
  • Implement Risk evaluation – sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis
  • Understand and calculate Value at Risk (VaR)
  • Implement Risk planning
  • Ensure appropriate reporting

Methodology:

Teaching methodology will include discussions, casework and exercises


Course categories:Risk Management Inhouse

COVERED TOPICS


DAY ONE:

SETTING THE PICTURE – REVIEW OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION

  • The treasury function
  • Managing risk
  • Where have the recent problems arisen
  • Government’s response

Case Study: Initial discussion of recent events – review events in Europe and the US

WHAT IS RISK MANAGEMENT?

  • What are the objectives
  • Implementing an effective Risk Management Policy
  • Modern ALM philosophy
  • Success factors & pitfalls
  • Review examples

IDENTIFYING RISKS

  • Risk versus Uncertainty
  • What is risk?
  • Defining different types of risk
  • Interest rate risk
  • Liquidity risk
  • Counterparty risk
  • Operational risk

Case Study: Delegates complete questions

INTEREST RATE RISK

  • Bond duration
  • Bond convexity
  • Macaulay Duration
  • Modified Duration
  • The Convexity Adjustment
  • Optionality

Case Study: Delegates will calculate the duration of a typical liability structures

AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKET RISK (SHORT SESSION)

  • Interest Rate Risk
  • LIBOR based loans
  • Currency Risk
  • Credit risk
  • Legal and Operational Risk

Case Study: Assess various risks of a portfolio

DAY TWO:

MEASURING INTEREST RATE RISK

  • Time Value of Money
  • Zero Coupon Yield Curves
  • Par Values
  • Implied Forwards & Futures
  • Creating Discount Factors
  • Delta hedging

Case Study: Review delta of a swap


CURRENCY RISK, LIQUIDITY RISK AND UNDERSTANDING DISTRIBUTIONS

  • Currency risk – look at correlations
  • Liquidity risk – how markets can change
  • Introduction to probability
  • Normal distributions
  • Value-At-Risk Approaches

Case Study: Appropriate exercises


MARKET-VALUE BASED RISK MEASURES (LONGER SESSION INCORPORATING 4)

  • Explaining VAR calculation
  • What Standard deviation means to volatility
  • Historic simulations
  • BIS recommendations for VAR measurement
  • Basel II
  • Risk modelling
  • Simple examples of VAR calculation and interpretation

Case Study: Delegates to assess the implications and effectiveness of a hedge


DEFINING A LIMIT STRUCTURE

  • The Greeks
  • Delta hedging and its dynamics
  • Delta and Gamma
  • Basic introduction to options
  • Duration guidelines

Case Study: Review a portfolio


DAY THREE:

RISKS, SYSTEMS, REPORTING AND CAPITAL

  • Principles of measurement
  • Performance measurement issues
  • Measurement Model
  • Risk management & stress testing

Case Study: Appropriate Exercises

 

MEASURING AND MANAGING CREDIT RISK

  • The role of the Ratings Agencies
  • S & P, Moody’s
  • Probability of default
  • Loans pricing
  • Does it reflect default risk?
  • Can credit derivatives help?

Case Study: Review General Motors downgrade and Securitization defaults


REVIEW BOTH A BANK’S AND CORPORATE’S RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENT AND ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES

  • Overall Risk Management objectives
  • Managing interest rate risk
  • Yield curve and basis risk.
  • Refinancing Risk
  • Currency Risk
  • Capital requirements
  • Liquidity Risk – gap risk

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