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Course Title

Basel ii Compliance Training:

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 highly recommended for:

IT and Information Security Directors, Managers and Professionals
Risk and Compliance Officers
IT and Information Security Process Owners
Network, System and Security Administrators
IT Auditors
IT, Security and Management Consultants

Duration:

3 Days, 09:00 to 17:00. The third day from 17:15 to 19:00hrs we will discuss your issues and questions.

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

Our Policy

A. In-House Training

Fixed fees, fixed terms. You know the exact final cost. Everything is included in this price (expenses, flights, tax etc.). There is no exception – you know exactly the cost. Consulting or training, it will never cost more.

Example: For George Lekatis, General Manager and Chief Compliance Consultant of Compliance LLC, fee for training (Europe, Middle East and America):

US$ 9,800 for 1 day

US$ 11,800 for 2 days

US$ 13,800 for 3 days

US$ 15,800 for 4 days

US$ 17,800 for 5 days

This is the final cost. This fee includes tax, expenses, hotels, flights, everything. 50% due 20 days before the first day of the class / event and 50% due the last day

For other trainers, consultants and attorneys the fee may be different.

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