Bank Recovery and Resolution Planning Masterclass
Recovery and resolution planning end to end — credible options, layered triggers and operational plans built before the central bank has to step in.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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A recovery plan that quietly assumes central bank rescue is not a plan; it is a hope with a document number. Since governments were forced to rescue failing institutions in the credit crisis, Recovery and Resolution Planning rules have been implemented globally, and the discipline is now central to international banking groups’ risk management. A credible recovery plan identifies options to survive a range of severe but plausible stress scenarios without exceptional financial support. Over two intensive days, this masterclass covers the key issues, tools and techniques of building and managing an RRP — the BRRD’s scope, powers and tools, early warning indicators and triggers, and the conceptual and operational realities of restructuring and resolving weak banks.
What you will do
Who attends
- Heads of recovery and BRRD teams
- Chief risk officers and heads of liquidity risk, market risk and treasury
- Heads of finance, compliance and regulation
- Programme directors and project managers for ICAAP and ILAAP
- Senior and executive management, business heads and regulators
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.The RRP mandate
- The BRRD as a response to the global financial crisis
- Scope, objectives, powers and tools of the directive
- Why RRPs matter and their implications for the industry
II.Building the recovery plan
- An approach to creating recovery and resolution plans
- Recovery planning and early intervention
- Key components of a credible recovery plan
III.Triggers, testing and support
- Levels of early warning indicators and triggers
- Stress testing and impact assessment on financial indicators
- Risk appetite and risk tolerance for bank risk budgeting
- Intra-group financial support agreements (IGFSAs)
IV.Resolution in practice
- Operational resolution plans
- Restructuring and resolution of weak banks
- Best practice for the core elements of an RRP
Frequently asked
What does the masterclass cover on the BRRD?
The programme works through the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive as a response to the global financial crisis: its scope, objectives, powers and tools, why recovery and resolution plans matter, and their implications for the industry. It then moves from the regulatory mandate to the practice of building and managing a credible RRP for your institution.
What makes a recovery plan credible?
A credible plan identifies options to survive a range of severe but plausible stress scenarios without exceptional financial support — never quietly assuming a central bank rescue. The masterclass covers the key components of such a plan: layered early warning indicators and triggers linked to stress testing, impact assessment on financial indicators, and intra-group financial support agreements.
Who should attend the recovery and resolution planning masterclass?
Heads of recovery and BRRD teams, chief risk officers and heads of liquidity risk, market risk and treasury, heads of finance, compliance and regulation, ICAAP and ILAAP programme directors, and senior executives, business heads and regulators. Over two intensive days, the cohort works through the key issues, tools and techniques of building and managing an RRP.
Can the programme be delivered in-house for our bank?
Yes. Every BIZENIUS programme is available in-house, tailored to your institution — its structure, its supervisory context and its planning obligations — and delivered in English or French. Sessions run on a rolling calendar, with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are shared on enquiry. Contact us and we will shape the programme around your recovery planning agenda.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by practitioners who hold, or have held, the seats this programme prepares you for: group treasurers and heads of asset–liability management, chief risk officers, heads of credit and capital management, and former central-bank supervisors who examined the very frameworks they now teach. Between cohorts the same people advise banks on those frameworks, so what you learn is what is being defended in front of boards and regulators today.
What the bench brings
- Basel capital frameworks from Pillar 1 to Pillar 3
- ICAAP and ILAAP construction and supervisory review
- Stress-testing methodologies and capital planning
- Liquidity ratios and leverage under Basel III/IV
- Market and counterparty credit risk measurement
- Recovery planning and regulator engagement
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Banking & financial services · Professional services · Insurance · Central banking & supervision
Regions: Africa · the Middle East · Europe · Asia · the Americas
How they teach
- Live case studies from real institutions
- Worked exercises on realistic bank data
- Regulator-style challenge sessions
- Group problem-solving on realistic institutional cases
- Knowledge checks and a personal action plan
Cohorts are kept small so every exercise is worked on the participants’ own situations — in person or live virtual.
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In their words
Knowledge transfer, emphasised throughout
“We worked with BIZENIUS for our Fresh Graduates Programme — they are simply amazing. Knowledge transfer and practical learning were emphasised throughout.”
Kuwait Investment Authority
From the Mandate Record
Mandate № 02 · Africa
Recovery and resolution plans that stood up to the supervisor — twice
A recovery plan is not a document. It is an argument the board must win under stress.
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The Capability Arc™
Fix it · Advisory
Recovery & Resolution Planning
A credible, executable recovery and resolution plan.
Automate it · Smart IT
Toolkits & Accelerators
Proven toolkits that shorten the build.
Learning is one point on the Capability Arc. Many institutions pair this programme with the advisory engagement — and automate what the framework demands.
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What is a bank recovery plan? Components and credibility
The document a bank writes hoping never to open — and which most could not open when it mattered. What a recovery plan contains, what separates a credible option from a hopeful one, and why the governance section decides whether the rest is usable.
Read more →InsightRecovery plan vs resolution plan: who writes each, and who acts
The two documents are routinely bound together and routinely confused. One assumes the institution survives and management still has choices; the other assumes it has failed and someone else is making them. What follows from that single difference.
Read more →GuideRecovery indicators and triggers: calibrating so they fire while options exist
An indicator that fires when nothing can be done has told the board only that it is too late. The indicator families, how to set thresholds backwards from the slowest option, and why an obligation beats a discretion.
Read more →GuideThe recovery plan readiness checklist: ten areas a plan is tested on
Ten areas where a recovery plan is tested — by the board, by a rehearsal against the clock, and by a supervisor — what a sound answer looks like in each, and the symptom that gives a weak one away.
Read more →Risk & Compliance
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