Beacon
FinRecruit
FinConsult
Future of Finance
Linkedin

Beacon FinTrain

Provides an array of professional business and financial training services that stem from improving a corporate's treasury workflow —all the way to efficient, finance training programs.

Course Overview

Basel framework is the generally accepted (convergence) set of rules and regulations of the international banking industry. This workshop helps participants to comprehend the domestic regulations, international trends and best practices for implementing risk management under Basel main versions (Basel II & III), discovering ICAAP Importance in risk integration, together with exploring implementation challenges, relevant mitigation and Optimization opportunities. Obviously, high level hands-on training on respective regulatory and internal risk models are also covered.

Learning Outcome

Identify major components and challenges of various versions of Basel Regulations (mainly Basle II and III)

Describe the main components of ICAAP framework and process

Managing Trading and Banking Books portfolios and risks in compliance with Central Bank’s and Basel’s main Regulation

Discover practical skills for monitoring and integrating Regulatory & risk modeling under ICAAP framework, including Value at Risk (VaR), Credit Risk Modeling, IRRBB model, Liquidity risk models (LCR, and NSFR)

Develop a Regulatory compliance and monitoring mechanism

Profitably and efficiently reframe risk management approach for complying with Banks objectives, while aligning with Regulatory Requirements

Course Outline

  • Balance sheet & P&

  • Capital Concept
  • Capital Importance


  • Basel Regulations overview and Minimum Capital Requirements
  • The three pillars: Pillar I, Pillar II, Pillar III
  • The four accords: Basel, Basel II, Basel III, and Basel IV (Basel Framework)
  • The five main risks: Credit, market and operational

  • Credit Risk
  • Market Risk
  • Operational Risk
  • Liquidity Risk
  • Interest Rate Risk for Banking Book (IRRBB)

  • (Tier I & II weights)
  • Capital Buffers (Conservation,Countercyclical, G-SIB and D-SIB buffers)

  • Liquidity Ratios
  • Interest Rate for Banking Book ratios (IRRBB)
  • Leverage ratio

  • Basel IV in a nutshell
  • Basel IV on the Domestic level & Impact on Egyptian Banks

  • Asset Classes
  • Risk Weights
  • Off Balance Sheet Exposures and Credit Conversion Factors (CCF)
  • Standardized Approach Model

  • Differentiating between Basel EL and IFRS9 ECL
  • Risk Rating Migration
  • Transition Matrix

  • Trading Book
  • Market Risk

  • Standardized Approach
  • Internal Model Approach (VaR)

  • Introduction to ICAAP
  • ICAAP Importance

  • Credit Risk
  • Market Risk
  • Operational Risk

  • Risk Management Framework continuous enhancement
  • ICAAP vs Enterprise Risk Management
  • Comprehensive Assessment (IMMMR)
  • Stress Testing in relation to ICAAP

  • Liquidity
  • Interest rate
  • other risks
  • Economic Capital

  • Capital Management and Contingency Plans (Capital and Funding)
  • Corporate Governance
  • Regulators Role in ICAAP

  • Repricing Vs Maturity Gap
  • Asset Gap
  • Liability Gap

  • EVE Formula
  • Components
  • Model’s Dynamics

  • EaR Formula
  • Components

  • Presenting IRRBB under ICAAP
  • IRRBB Stress testing in relation to ICAAP

  • Operational Risk Definitions
  • Aggregating and Analyzing Operational Risk Losses
  • . Operational Risk Models
  • Operational Risk under ICAAP process


  • High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA)
  • Net Cash outflow

  • Required stable funding
  • Available stable funding

  • Economic Capital
  • ICAAP in relation to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

  • Risk – Return Tradeoff
  • Efficient Frontier
  • Initial Optimization Model

Who Should Attend

Junior Risk Officers=Senior Risk Officers=Senior Finance Officers=Senior Audit Officers