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    ► Certified Pillar 2 Expert                                 ► Certified Pillar 3 Expert               ► Certified Basel ii Professional (CBiiPro)
Distance Learning and Online Certification Program - Certified Basel ii Professional (CBiiPro)
   ► Distance Learning and Online Certification Program - Certified Pillar 2 Expert (CP2E)
Distance Learning and Online Certification Program - Certified Pillar 3 Expert (CP3E)
   ► Distance Learning and Online Certification Program - Certified Stress Testing Expert (CSTE)
   
Basel ii Certification and Training
from the Basel ii Compliance Professionals Association (BCPA)
the largest association of Basel ii Professionals in the world

Course Title
Certified Basel ii Professional (CBiiPro) - Distance Learning and Online Certification Program
 
The Cost: US$ 297
What is included in this price:
 
A. The official presentations we use in our instructor-led classes (1880 slides)
The presentations have been updated after the Basel ii Amendment (July 2009, Enhancements to the Basel II framework, Supplemental Guidance)

B. Up to 3 Online Exams
There is only one exam you need to pass, in order to become a Certified Basel ii Professional (CBiiPro).
If you fail, you must study again the official presentations, but you do not need to spend money to try again. Up to 3 exams are included in the price.
To learn more you may visit:
www.basel-ii-association.com/Questions_About_The_Certification_And_The_Exams_1.pdf
www.basel-ii-association.com/Certification_Steps_CBiiPro.pdf
 
C. Personalized Membership Certificate printed in full colour.
Processing, printing, packing and posting to your office or home

 
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATIONS

We will send you 3 emails.
The first email (704 slides) covers all the presentations that are needed for the CBiiPro Exam. All the questions of the exam are based on these slides.
We cover the Enhancements to the Basel II framework, July 2009, Supplemental Pillar 2 Guidance
(Supervisory Review Process) from the Bank for International Settlements

You can find the course synopsis at:

www.basel-ii-association.com/Certified_Basel_ii_Professional.htm

The second and the third emails cover the implementation of the Basel ii framework in the United States of America and the European Economic Area. There presentations are especially important for professionals working in multinational or large financial organizations.

These presentations are:

- Basel II in the United States of America (235 slides)
 
- Regulatory Arbitrage after Basel ii (233 slides)

- The Financial Conglomerates Directive (183 slides)


- The Capital Requirements Directive of the European Economic Area (426 slides)


The Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) is the common framework for the implementation of Basel ii in European Union. If you understand the CRD, you can work not only for the implementation of the Basel ii framework in the 30 countries of the European Economic Area, but also around the world for multinational banks and financial organizations with European operations.

The presentations not only cover the European directives, but also include topics like: Hedge Funds and the Capital Requirements Directive, Securitization and the Capital Requirements Directive.

QUESTION:
Why in a Basel ii certification program we need to understand the Financial Conglomerates Directive?

ANSWER:
Because we have a very different Basel ii implementation in each of the following structures:
A. The bank is the regulated entity at the head of the group
B. The bank is under a mixed financial holding company (MFHC)
C. The bank is under a financial holding company (FHC)
D. The bank is under an insurance holding company (IHC)

Only the first 704 slides (first email), that cover the Basel ii principles, are needed for the exam.

To learn more:
www.basel-ii-association.com/Distance_Learning_Online_Certification.htm
 
     
 
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Course Title
Certified Pillar 2 Expert (CP2E) - Distance Learning and Online Certification Program
 
Overview:
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has identified four key principles that underpin Pillar 2:
 
1. Institutions must have a process for assessing their overall capital adequacy in relation to their risk profile and a strategy for maintaining their capital levels - Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, ICAAP
 
2. Supervisors must review the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, ICAAP and take supervisory action if they are not satisfied with the results of this process - Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process, SREP
 
3. Supervisors must expect institutions to operate above the minimum requirements  - and should have the ability to require them to hold capital in excess of the minimum.
 
4. Supervisors should seek to intervene at an early stage to prevent capital from falling below the minimum levels required to support the risk characteristics of a particular institution and should require rapid remedial action if capital is not maintained or restored.
 
Objectives:
The seminar has been designed to provide with the knowledge and skills needed to understand, make decisions and work for the Second Pillar of Basel II.
 
Target Audience:
This course is intended for managers and professionals from Banks, Financial Institutions, Multinational Corporations, Supervisory Agencies. 

This course is highly recommended for: 

  • Directors, Managers and Professionals involved in Basel ii (decision making and implementation)
  • Risk and Compliance Officers
  • Legal Counsels
  • Strategic Planners
  • Analysts
  • Process Owners
  • Network, System and Security Administrators
  • Auditors
  • IT, Security and Management Consultants
 
Course Synopsis:
 
  • Second Pillar: The two tier process
  • The internal assessment - the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP)
  • The evaluation of the Assessment - the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP)
  • Risks that are not adequately covered by Pillar 1
  • Enhancing the link between risk profile, risk management systems and capital
 
  • The Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP)
  • The firm’s opinion and evidence of its internal capital adequacy assessment
  • Structure of ICAAP
  • Corporate governance elements
  • The obligation to conduct an ICAAP
  • Processes, strategies and systems used in ICAAP
  • Documenting the ICAAP
  • Review of the ICAAP
  • The proportionality principle
  • Assumptions, methodology, coverage and outcome of the bank’s ICAAP
  • Group/parent ICAAPs
  • The framework from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) - a model around the world
  • The 11 ICAAP High Level Principles
  • Templates, Examples and Case Studies
 
  • The Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP)
  • The supervisor’s  review and evaluation of the firm’s risk profile and the adequacy and reliability of the firm’s ICAAP
  • Is there sufficient capital to support all material risks?
  • Principles & Key Components of the SREP
  • The supervisory  review of the group/parent ICAAPs
  • The Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) as part of the wider Supervisory Review Process
  • The framework from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS)
  • The 11 SREP High Level Principles
 
  • The Basel ii / Pillar ii challenges
  • A. Technical
  • B. Organisational
  • C. Regulatory
  • Home and host supervisors
  • Synchronising Pillar 2 work across borders
  • Communicating home and hosts’ Pillar 2 assessments
  • Pillar 2 in the EU - The Capital Requirements Directive
  • Pillar 2 in the USA
  • Pillar 2 in countries around the world. Interesting differences
  • Regulatory Arbitrage: Using Pillar 2 as an advantage for the country
  • Using Pillar 2 as an advantage for the financial firm
 
Title
Certified Pillar 2 Expert (CP2E)
Distance Learning and Online Certification Program 
 
The Cost:
US$ 297

What is included in this price:

A. The official presentations we use in our instructor-led classes (380 slides)
 
The presentations have been updated after the Basel ii Amendment (July 2009, Enhancements to the Basel II framework, Supplemental Guidance) - 100 additional slides
 
You can find the course synopsis at
www.basel-ii-association.com/Certified_Pillar_2_Expert.htm
 
B. Up to 3 Online Exams
There is only one exam you need to pass, in order to become a Certified Pillar 2 Expert (CP2E).
If you fail, you must study again the official presentations we have sent you (paragraph A above), but you do not need to spend money to try again. Up to 3 exams are included in the price.
 
To learn more you may visit:
www.basel-ii-association.com/Questions_About_The_Certification_And_The_Exams_1.pdf
 
www.basel-ii-association.com/Certification_Steps_CP2E_1.pdf
 
C. Personalized Membership Certificate printed in full color.
Processing, printing, packing and posting to your office or home.
 
To learn more:
www.basel-ii-association.com/Distance_Learning_Online_Certification_CP2E.htm
 
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Course Title
Certified Pillar 3 Expert (CP3E) - Distance Learning and Online Certification Program
 
Overview:
According to the Bank of International Settlements, markets contain disciplinary mechanisms that can reinforce the efforts of supervisors by rewarding banks that manage risk effectively and penalising those whose risk management is inept or imprudent.
 
Market discipline, however, can only work if market participants have access to timely and reliable information which enables them to assess a bank’s activities and the risks inherent in those activities.
 
The purpose of Pillar 3 - market discipline - is to complement the operation of minimum capital requirements (Pillar 1) and the supervisory review process (Pillar 2). 
 
Transparency has become much more important after the current global market crisis. Financial firms must disclose more information so as to allow all stakeholders to make informed judgments as to whether the bank is meeting international standards and is acting in their best interests.
 
The supervisors, the investors, the credit rating agencies, the journalists and the analysts to name only some of the stakeholders, want to receive frequent, relevant and meaningful information regarding the risk profile, the management and the capital adequacy of every institution.
 
Objectives:
The seminar has been designed to provide with the knowledge and skills needed to understand, make decisions and work for the Third Pillar of Basel II.
 
Target Audience:
This course is intended for managers and professionals from Banks, Financial Institutions, Multinational Corporations, Supervisory Agencies.
 
This course is highly recommended for:
 
  • Directors, Managers and Professionals involved in Basel ii (decision making and implementation)
  • Investor Relations Managers
  • Risk and Compliance Officers
  • Legal Counsels
  • Strategic Planners
  • Analysts
  • Process Owners
  • Network, System and Security Administrators
  • Auditors
  • IT, Security and Management Consultants
 
Course Synopsis:
 
  • Pillar 3: The project
  • Scope of application of Pillar 3 disclosure requirements
  • The formal policy to comply with the disclosure requirements
  • The policies for assessing the appropriateness of disclosures, including their verification and frequency
  • Interaction with accounting disclosures
  • Materiality
  • Frequency
  • Proprietary and confidential information
  • Appropriate medium and location
  • Application of the proportionality principle
  • Supervisory actions in the absence of proper disclosures
  • General disclosure principle
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures
  • Capital, Capital structure, Capital Adequacy
  • Risk exposure and assessment
  • Credit risk
  • Counterparty credit risk
  • Securitisation
  • Market risk
  • Interest rate risk in the banking book
  • Operational risk
  • Equities  
  • Examples and Case Studies
  • Templates
 
  • Pillar 3 around the world
  • Home and Host Countries: The Pillar 3 challenges
  • Pillar 3 at the top consolidated level of the banking group
  • Application for significant subsidiaries
  • The waiver allowing countries to exempt credit institutions from the full or partial application of the disclosure requirements
  • Pillar 3 in the EU - The Capital Requirements Directive
  • COPER and Pillar 3 - Defining a COmmon REPorting framework under the European Union Capital Requirements.
  • Pillar 3 in the USA
  • Pillar 3 in countries around the world. Interesting differences
  • Regulatory Arbitrage: Using Pillar 3 as an advantage for the country
  • Using Pillar 3 as an advantage for the financial firm
 
Title
Certified Pillar 3 Expert (CP3E)  
Distance Learning and Online Certification Program
 
The Cost:
US$ 297

What is included in this price:

A. The official presentations we use in our instructor-led classes (360 slides)
 
The presentations have been updated after the Basel ii Amendment (July 2009, Enhancements to the Basel II framework, Supplemental Guidance) - 38 additional slides
 
You can find the course synopsis at
www.basel-ii-association.com/Certified_Pillar_3_Expert.htm
 
B. Up to 3 Online Exams
There is only one exam you need to pass, in order to become a Certified Pillar 3 Expert (CP3E).
If you fail, you must study again the official presentations we have sent you (paragraph A above), but you do not need to spend money to try again. Up to 3 exams are included in the price.
 
To learn more you may visit:
www.basel-ii-association.com/Questions_About_The_Certification_And_The_Exams_1.pdf
 
www.basel-ii-association.com/Certification_Steps_CP3E_1.pdf
 
C. Personalized Membership Certificate printed in full color.
Processing, printing, packing and posting to your office or home.
 
To learn more:
www.basel-ii-association.com/Distance_Learning_Online_Certification_CP3E.htm
 
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Title
Certified Stress Testing Expert (CSTE)
Distance Learning and Online Certification Program 
 
The Cost:
US$ 297

What is included in this price:

A. The official presentations we use in our instructor-led classes (425 slides)
 
You can find the course synopsis at
www.basel-ii-association.com/Certified_Stress_Testing_Expert.htm
 
B. Up to 3 Online Exams
There is only one exam you need to pass, in order to become a Certified Stress Testing Expert (CSTE).
If you fail, you must study again the official presentations we have sent you (paragraph A above), but you do not need to spend money to try again. Up to 3 exams are included in the price.
 
To learn more you may visit:
www.basel-ii-association.com/Questions_About_The_Certification_And_The_Exams_1.pdf
 
www.basel-ii-association.com/Certification_Steps_CSTE_1.pdf
 
C. Personalized Membership Certificate printed in full color.
Processing, printing, packing and posting to your office or home.
 
To learn more:
www.basel-ii-association.com/Distance_Learning_Online_Certification_CSTE.htm
 

 
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Become a Certified Basel ii Professional (CBiiPro)

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Become a Certified Pillar 3 Expert (CP3E)

Become a Certified Stress Testing Expert (CSTE)