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Basel III, Risk Assessment and Stress Testing Masterclass

Prudential stress testing as the primary tool of regulation — CCAR, DFAST, ECB/EBA/SSM and PRA regimes, tied back to the Basel III ICAAP.

Format

Classroom · Live Virtual

The programme

Stress testing has become the primary tool of prudential regulation — and it no longer belongs to the risk function alone. Regimes like CCAR, DFAST, ECB/EBA/SSM and PRA have pushed banks toward stress frameworks that demand coordination across risk, treasury, and financial planning and analysis, because capital planning now runs through the test results. This masterclass surveys developments in prudential risk regulation with stress testing at the centre, then grounds them in internal risk assessment as Basel III requires — especially the ICAAP process. Participants work through the metrics, the scenario logic and the implementation and reporting systems that turn regulatory demands into a working capability.

What you will do

Assess internal risk as Basel III requires, anchored in the ICAAP process and the key metrics and procedures for assessing risk.
Meet the stress-testing expectations of CCAR, DFAST, ECB/EBA/SSM and PRA, coordinating risk, treasury and financial planning functions.
Build stress scenarios for a higher-correlation environment, beyond the standard downside case.
Calculate Value at Risk — rationale, theory and methods — alongside Credit Value Adjustment (CVA) and collateral.
Apply the Basel treatment of market risk and the requirements for qualifying capital to your own balance sheet.
Stand up implementation and reporting systems for Basel compliance, reflecting the framework’s impact on the business model of banking.

Who attends

  • Risk, stress testing and regulatory compliance teams
  • Market, credit and operational risk management
  • Internal audit, finance and treasury professionals
  • Bank supervision, regulation and financial stability professionals

Cohorts bring together board members, executives and the rising leaders behind them — kept deliberately small, so every seat is a peer’s.

Programme agenda

Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for

I.Stress testing as regulation
  • CCAR, DFAST, ECB/EBA/SSM and PRA: what each regime demands
  • The role of regulatory bank capital
  • Coordinating risk, treasury and financial planning functions
II.Risk assessment under Basel III
  • Key metrics and procedures for assessing risk
  • Requirements for qualifying capital under Basel III
  • Basel treatment of market risk
III.Quantitative tools
  • Value at Risk: rationale, theory and methods of calculation
  • Credit Value Adjustment and collateral
  • Stress scenarios in a higher-correlation environment
IV.ICAAP and implementation
  • Internal risk assessment through the ICAAP process
  • Impact of Basel III on the business model of banking
  • Implementation and reporting systems for Basel compliance

Frequently asked

Do these programmes cover the Basel III final reforms and the ICAAP/ILAAP cycle?

Yes. The BIZENIUS banking curriculum is built around the Basel III endgame, ICAAP, ILAAP, IRRBB, IFRS 9 provisioning, stress testing and BCBS 239. Participants leave able to quantify the output floor on their own portfolios, write capital and liquidity documents that withstand supervisory review, and defend the numbers to their board.

Are the programmes adapted to regional supervisors such as SAMA, CBUAE or BCEAO?

Casework is built around supervisory documents rather than textbook theory, and faculty include former practitioners who have sat on both sides of an examination. Programmes address the questions SAMA, CBUAE, BCEAO and other home regulators actually put to the desk, and an in-house edition can be tailored to a single jurisdiction.

How do I secure a seat on a banking programme?

Apply for a seat or request the brochure from the programme page. A senior practitioner — not a sales team — responds within one business day, and the brochure arrives with that reply. BIZENIUS runs on enquiry: there is no online checkout.

Can a programme run in-house for our bank?

Every BIZENIUS programme can be delivered in-house, tailored to your balance sheet, your regulator and your data, in English or French. Many institutions start with an open cohort, then commission a private edition for the wider team.

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