Fundamentals of Risk Management (FoRM) & Financial Services Masterclass
The four families of financial risk — market, credit, liquidity and interconnected — with measurement and mitigation methods practised through hands-on, real-life exercises.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
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Financial risks rarely arrive one at a time; they interact, change and escalate — and a team fluent in only one category misses the compound event. This masterclass covers the four categories of financial risk — market, credit, liquidity and interconnected — with the terminology, measurement methods and mitigation techniques for each, practised through hands-on exercises that replicate real-life risk situations. The programme is anchored in the financial services sector: tools such as RCSA, the significant role regulation plays in risk management, and the behavioural and organisational biases that distort risk decisions. The cohort finishes with a working command of the toolkit and its limits.
What you will do
Who attends
- Risk, treasury and capital management teams
- ALM, ALCO and credit risk professionals
- Finance, accounting and financial control staff
- Portfolio managers, corporate treasurers, dealers and investment managers
- Bank supervisors, auditors and financial analysts
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.The risk taxonomy
- The four categories: market, credit, liquidity and interconnected risk
- Risk terminology and concepts
- How risks interact, change and escalate
II.Measurement and mitigation
- Measurement methods by risk category
- Mitigation methods and when each applies
- Appropriateness, reliability and limitations of the tools
III.Practice
- Hands-on exercises replicating real risk situations
- Financial-services tools such as RCSA
- Behavioural and organisational biases in risk decisions
IV.Regulation and trends
- The role of regulation in financial services risk management
- Recent trends across corporate and financial sectors
- Emerging practices and industry developments
Frequently asked
Which categories of financial risk does the masterclass cover?
All four families: market, credit, liquidity and interconnected risk — with the terminology, measurement methods and mitigation techniques for each, and how risks interact, change and escalate. The programme also weighs the appropriateness, reliability and limitations of the tools, so participants learn the toolkit and its limits together.
How practical is the training?
The methods are practised through hands-on exercises that replicate real-life risk situations, anchored in the financial services sector. Participants work with tools such as RCSA, examine the significant role regulation plays in risk management, and confront the behavioural and organisational biases that distort risk decisions.
Who is the masterclass for, and how do we arrange attendance?
It suits risk, treasury and capital management teams, ALM, ALCO and credit risk professionals, finance and control staff, portfolio managers, dealers, supervisors and auditors. Delivery is in English and French on a rolling calendar, with dates on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry, and an in-house edition tailored to your institution is available.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by practitioners who have carried governance, risk and compliance accountability themselves: chief risk officers and heads of enterprise risk, heads of financial-crime compliance and certified anti-money-laundering specialists, internal-audit leaders and directors who sit on the committees these programmes prepare you for. Several hold current seats; all advise institutions under supervision between cohorts.
What the bench brings
- Enterprise risk framework design and risk culture
- Risk appetite, limits and risk and control self-assessment
- Capital, liquidity and stress-testing frameworks
- Operational risk and resilience
- Model validation and risk systems
- Board and executive risk governance
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Banking & financial services · Insurance · Technology & fintech · Government & public sector
Regions: Africa · the Middle East · Europe · Asia · the Americas
How they teach
- Board-pack and committee case work
- Chaired role plays and committee exercises
- Group discussion of real incidents and findings
- Self-assessments against supervisory expectations
- 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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A senior bench across risk, treasury and regulation.
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