Course Title
The New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II):
Impact on IT and Information Security
3 days
Objectives:
The seminar has been designed to provide with the knowledge and skills needed to understand and support Basel II compliance.
Target Audience:
This course is intended for IT and risk managers and professionals from Banks, Financial Institutions, Multinational Corporations, Supervisory Agencies.
This course is recommended for all managers and professionals who need to understand and speak the specialized language of Basel compliance, which must become the common language throughout their organization.
This course is highly recommended for:
C Level Executives and Boards of Directors
IT and Information Security Directors, Managers and Professionals
Chief Risk and Compliance Officers
IT and Security Process Owners
Network, System and Security Administrators
IT Auditors
IT, Security and Management Consultants
Duration:
3 Days, 09:00 to 17:00.
Course Synopsis:
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
From the Young Plan (1930) to Basel II
Regulatory supervision of internationally active banks
The failure of the Bankhaus Herstatt and the crisis of confidence
First Basel Capital Accord
Formulating broad supervisory standards and guidelines
Regulatory and economic capital
Important objectives
1980s: The capital ratios of the main international banks are deteriorating
Credit Risk
Assets are weighted by factors
On-balance sheet engagements
Off-balance sheet engagements
Examples of capital requirements
December 1987: The Basel Capital Accord approved by the G10
Basel I amendments
The New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II)
Realigning the regulation with the economic realities of the global banking markets
New capital adequacy framework replaces the 1988 Accord
Improving risk and asset management to avoid financial disasters
"Sufficient assets" to offset risks
The technical challenges for both banks and supervisors
How much capital is necessary to serve as a sufficient buffer?
The three-pillar regulatory structure
Purposes of Basel II
Scope of the application
Pillar 1: Minimum capital requirements
Credit Risk 3 approaches
The standardized approach to credit risk
Claims on sovereigns
Claims on banks
Claims on corporates
The two internal ratings-based (IRB) approaches to credit risk
Some definitions: PD - The probability of default, LGD - The loss given default, EAD - Exposure at default, M Maturity
5 classes of assets
Pillar 2: Supervisory review
Key principles
Aspects and issues of the supervisory review process
Pillar 3: Market discipline
Disclosure requirements
Qualitative and Quantitative disclosures
Guiding principles
Employees Affected
Effective Dates
Framework for internal control systems in banking organizations - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
The 13 Principles for the Assessment of Internal Control Systems
The 13 Principles and COSO
The control environment
Risk assessment
Control activities
Information and communication
Monitoring
Types of control breakdowns typically seen in problem bank cases
The objectives and role of the internal controls framework
The major elements of an internal control process
Evaluation of internal control systems by supervisory authorities
Role and responsibilities of external auditors
Supervisory lessons learned from internal control failures
Operational Risk
What is operational risk
Legal risk
Information Technology operational risk
Operational, operations and operating risk
The evolving importance of operational risk
Quantification of operational risk
Loss categories and business lines
Operational risk measurement methodologies
Identification of operational risk
The Delphi method
Operational Risk Approaches
Basic Indicator Approach (BIA)
Standardized Approach (SA)
Alternative Standardized Approach (ASA)
Advanced Measurement Approaches (AMA)
Internal Measurement Approach (IMA)
Loss Distribution (LD)
Standard Normal Distribution
Fat Tails in the normal distribution
Expected loss (EL), Unexpected Loss (UL)
Value-at Risk (VaR)
Value-at Risk and Basel I amendment, 1996
Value-at Risk and Basel II
Calculating Value-at Risk
Monte Carlo simulations
Monte Carlo limitations
Extreme Value theory
Scoreboards
Stress Testing
Stress testing and Basel
(AMA) Advantages / Disadvantages
Recognition of the firms own modelling of operational risk losses
Weak banks , internal and external audit and sound practices for operational risk
Self assessment
Key Risk Indicators
Operational Risk Measurement Issues
The game theory
The prisoner s dilemma and the connection with operational risk measurement and management
Operational risk management
Operational Risk Management Office
Key functions of Operational Risk Management Office
Key functions of Operational Risk Managers
Key functions of Department Heads
Internal and external audit
Operational risk sound practices
Operational risk mitigation
Insurance to mitigate operational risk
Third-party service providers and vendors
Redefining outsourcing
Outsourcing services and Basel II compliance
The new definition of outsourcing
Outsourcing after Basel II
Offshore outsourcing is also redefined
Key risks of outsourcing
What is needed from vendors and service providers
Basel II and other regulations
Basel and other regulations
Governance issues
Capital Requirements Directive (CRD)
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
What will be the impact of MiFID to EU and non EU banks?
Aligning Basel II operational risk and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 projects
Common elements and differences of compliance projects
New standards
Disclosure issues
Multinational companies and compliance challenges
Training Avaliability and Delivery
This is primarily ilt training
This class may be available at a classroom in Wilmington, DE,
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