ISFB Certificate
Risk management for directors

Catalog | Law, Risk & Compliance

Context

In an ever-changing banking environment, marked by growing regulatory challenges and increasingly complex financial products, risk management is becoming a strategic imperative for every financial institution. This short certificate is designed specifically for bank board members, as well as professionals with cross-functional banking responsibilities. It aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the major issues involved in risk management in the banking sector.

Key objectives

  1. Give a general overview of the risk function in banks of different categories
  2. Clarify the roles and responsibilities of the various players and identify the different approaches and resources available.
  3. Develop general knowledge of different types of risk
  4. Understand and put into practice different risk situations through case studies
  5. Keep abreast of changes in risk regulations

Target audience

  • Board members of financial institutions
  • Cross-functional functions not specializing in risk management

Stakeholders

ISFB lecturers have been working in the banking world as CROs or risk specialists for many years, and are recognized as some of the leading experts in our ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.

 
  • 3 non-consecutive days
  • Face-to-face at ISFB or member bank premises
  • Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • Language : French

Content

The certificate is made up of 5 modules. The first module takes place over one day, then modules 2 and 3 over a second day, followed by a third day with modules 4 and 5.

Module 1: Banking risk management framework (1 day)

  • Governance
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Framework concept for risk management

Module 2: Operational risk and resilience (0.5 day)

  • Three lines of defense
  • Cyberisc

Module 3: Compliance risks (0.5 day)

  • AML risks
  • Cross border risks

Module 4: Market, liquidity and interest rate risks (0.5 day)

  • Market risks
  • Liquidity risk
  • Interest rate risk

Module 5: Credit risks (0.5 day)

  • RAROC
  • Loan Pricing and Economic Capital calculation

Price

CHF 3'950.00 / person (member price)

The member prices apply to all ISFB member institutes and their employees.

Registrations

Please complete the online application form.

Your registration will then be considered as firm and definitive. 3 weeks before the beginning of the training, you will have access to our ISFB collaborative space, then a few days before the beginning of the training to the specific space reserved for the participants of this training.

The general conditions of the ISFB apply as soon as you validate our offer.

Opening of the next session

Training is offered in two formats:

  • in-house version, for a group of at least 5 people, at CHF 14,250.00 for 3 days. Dates for this variant are agreed with the member bank.
  • for the general public at CHF 3950/person (member price). In this variant, the dates are set according to the ISFB annual program. Dates for the next session will be posted here in the next few days.

 

Application for registration