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Liquidity Risk Management: Operationalising the LCR and NSFR Masterclass

The LCR and NSFR as working instruments of liquidity risk management — implementation, reporting and the cultural shift Basel III demands of the balance sheet.

The programme

Reporting an LCR above 100% is not the same as managing liquidity risk. The Basel Committee designed the LCR and NSFR to hold banks to their short- and long-term obligations through episodes of financial turbulence — but the ratios only serve their purpose when they are embedded in day-to-day balance-sheet management, not run as a quarterly compliance exercise. This masterclass places both ratios within the wider liquidity risk management function: calculation and fulfilment, Alternative Liquidity Approaches, the interplay with the leverage ratio, and the reporting supervisors expect. The cohort works through structured methodologies for embedding the Basel III ratios into funding diversification, contingency funding plans and the institution’s risk tolerances.

What you will do

Implement the LCR and NSFR beyond the return, embedding both ratios in day-to-day balance-sheet management.
Apply Alternative Liquidity Approaches (ALA) where high-quality liquid assets are structurally scarce.
Build liquidity reporting your supervisor accepts, with measurement and management that stand behind the numbers.
Diversify funding sources and set risk tolerances that translate the ratios into policies and procedures.
Draft a contingency funding plan that activates, not one that sits in a drawer.
Manage the interplay between the LCR, NSFR and leverage ratio so one constraint does not silently bind the others.

Who attends

  • Liquidity risk managers and Basel III reporting managers
  • Risk managers, analysts and controllers
  • Quantitative analytics teams
  • Treasurers and treasury staff

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.The ratios in context
  • The role of the LCR and NSFR within the liquidity risk function
  • What the Basel Committee intended each ratio to catch
  • Interplay between the LCR, NSFR and leverage ratio
II.Implementing the LCR
  • LCR fulfilment and calculation in practice
  • Alternative Liquidity Approaches (ALA)
  • Common implementation challenges and how banks resolve them
III.Implementing the NSFR
  • NSFR: challenges, implications and the way forward
  • Funding source diversification
  • Practical techniques to optimise strategies, policies and risk tolerances
IV.Embedding the framework
  • Liquidity risk measurement, management and reporting
  • Embedding the ratios into financial balance-sheet management
  • Contingency funding plans

Frequently asked

How is this course different from a standard Basel III overview?

It treats the LCR and NSFR as working instruments of liquidity risk management rather than quarterly compliance returns. The cohort works through calculation and fulfilment, Alternative Liquidity Approaches, the interplay with the leverage ratio, and structured methodologies for embedding both ratios in funding diversification, contingency funding plans and the institution’s risk tolerances.

Who should attend the LCR and NSFR masterclass?

Liquidity risk managers and Basel III reporting managers, risk managers, analysts and controllers, quantitative analytics teams, and treasurers and treasury staff. It suits institutions that already report the ratios and now want them embedded in day-to-day balance-sheet management.

In which languages and formats does BIZENIUS run this programme?

BIZENIUS delivers the masterclass in English and French, with in-house editions tailored to your balance sheet, funding profile and supervisory context. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request, and fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.

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