Public Course Schedule

OPERATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT - BEYOND COMPLIANCE:
A VALUE ADDED INCENTIVE

Athens, Greece, 9 – 11 July 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage's Richard Barr.

Recent events at France's SocGen point to an operations risk management failure of considerable proportions. Is your bank a sitting duck for a rogue trader, a malicious mischief maker, a thief or worse?

"Rogue Trader causes $7.2 billion trading loss at Société Générale", so screamed the headlines!

  • So you think that Operations Risk Management is all in the numbers? Well think again!

  • Mathematical formulae are great for theory but are they really any good in practice?

  • People, Processes, Systems and External Factors cannot be represented by mathematical symbols!

  • Operations Risk Management is a hands-on game-plan, not just mathematical theory!

Although financial institutions have been managing risk exposures for years, operational risk management is a discipline is relatively new. The change in focus to operational risk management has been driven by a number of factors, led by the compliance requirements of the regulators. Other critical factors include the complexity of banking & financial products, advances in technology, rapid expansion of bank operations, and the increasing venerability of financial institutions to operational failures and losses. The increased attention to Operational Risk has also been driven by a number of major events attributed directly to operational failures.

This course is the basic introduction to Operations Risk Management and Mitigation. It is intended to move the participants beyond international (and even local) compliance requirements for operations risk (such as those contained in Basel II) and into an understanding of operations risk management & mitigation as a value added proposition, increasing the bank's profitability and structural strength.

For a fully detailed Brochure for this event please send a blank e-mail to courses@citadeladvantage.com (Please enter Beyond Compliance -Athens in the subject line).

Click here for a more detailed beyond compliance course description

MANAGING RISK IN ELECTRONIC BANKING: TAMING THE ELECTRONIC TIGER 
Hong Kong, 5 – 6 August 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage’s Richard Barr in conjunction with Ethan Hathaway

This course examines how the traditional risk profile has shifted and focuses on these changes and what needs to be done to effectively implement an efficient operational risk regime that includes all the required controls. In essence, we examine how to tame this tiger known as electronic banking.

For details http://www.ethanhathaway.com/training/electronic-banking-risks

REDUCING RISK IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE SETTLEMENTS
Hong Kong, 7 – 8 August 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage in conjunction with Ethan Hathaway

Join us to explore the nature of foreign exchange settlement risk, what has been done and what remains to be done to mitigate it. Learn how to calculate the extent and duration of your settlement exposures. Different types of settlement mechanisms are examined in detail including how banks, worldwide, handle these processes today. Because of its significance the CLS rational, processes and practicalities are examined in detail.

For details http://www.ethanhathaway.com/training/fx-risks-settlement

BUSINESS CONTINUITY & SCENARIO PLANNING FOR BANKS
Johannesburg, 18 – 20 August 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage's Stanley Epstein

Business Continuity Planning is the process through which an organization ensures the maintenance or recovery of operations, including services to customers, when faced with disruptive events such as natural disasters, technological failures, human error or terrorism. The course includes 6 detailed case studies and a heavily interactive section on developing effective scenarios. This is a 3-day intensive course on Business Continuity and Scenario Planning focused on the banking environment.  

For a fully detailed Brochure for this event please send a blank e-mail to courses@citadeladvantage.com (Please enter “Continuity -Jo'burg” in the subject line)

Click here for a more detailed Business Continuity & Scenario Planning course description

MANAGING RISK IN WHOLESALE & LARGE VALUE PAYMENT SYSTEMS
Johannesburg, 21 – 22 August 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage's Stanley Epstein

The Risks in Wholesale Payment Systems Course is designed to provide professionals who have a command of banking and treasury concepts and issues in a domestic environment with a high quality education foundation for understanding the risks within the context of wholesale payment systems, including the key principles, concepts, infrastructures, practices, issues, and developments.

For a fully detailed Brochure for this event please send a blank e-mail to courses@citadeladvantage.com (Please enter “Wholesale” -Jo'burg in the subject line)

Click here for a more detailed Risks in Wholesale Payment Systems course description

MANAGING OPERATIONS RISK –BASEL II AND BEYOND
Moscow, 25– 27 August 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage's Richard Barr.

Recent events at France's SocGen point to an operations risk management failure of considerable proportions. Is your bank a sitting duck for a rogue trader, a malicious mischief maker, a thief or worse?

"Rogue Trader causes $7.2 billion trading loss at Société Générale", so screamed the headlines!

  • So you think that Operations Risk Management is all in the numbers? Well think again!

  • Mathematical formulae are great for theory but are they really any good in practice?

  • People, Processes, Systems and External Factors cannot be represented by mathematical symbols!

  • Operations Risk Management is a hands-on game-plan, not just mathematical theory!

Although financial institutions have been managing risk exposures for years, operational risk management is a discipline is relatively new. The change in focus to operational risk management has been driven by a number of factors, led by the compliance requirements of the regulators. Other critical factors include the complexity of banking & financial products, advances in technology, rapid expansion of bank operations, and the increasing venerability of financial institutions to operational failures and losses. The increased attention to Operational Risk has also been driven by a number of major events attributed directly to operational failures.

This course is the basic introduction to Operations Risk Management and Mitigation. It is intended to move the participants beyond international (and even local) compliance requirements for operations risk (such as those contained in Basel II) and into an understanding of operations risk management & mitigation as a value added proposition, increasing the bank's profitability and structural strength.

For details and to download a course brochure/ make a reservation: Click Here

REDUCING RISK IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE SETTLEMENTS
Moscow, 28 – 29 August 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage's Richard Barr

Join us to explore the nature of foreign exchange settlement risk, what has been done and what remains to be done to mitigate it. Learn how to calculate the extent and duration of your settlement exposures. Different types of settlement mechanisms are examined in detail including how banks, worldwide, handle these processes today. Because of its significance the CLS rational, processes and practicalities are examined in detail.

For details and to download a course brochure/make a reservation: Click Here

INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS
Singapore, 10 – 11 September 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage in conjunction with Marcus Evans

The International Payments Course is designed to provide professionals an  understanding of payments in a global context, encompassing the key principles, concepts, infrastructures, practices, issues, and developments. Requirements for cross-border ACH payments will be discussed together with an analysis of liquidity management and an overview of advanced legal and regulatory issues. More than ever, it is important to break down the systems and procedures involved, but also to stay abreast of market developments from both financial institutions’ and corporations’ perspectives in order to have in place a robust risk management international payments system.

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BUSINESS CONTINUITY & SCENARIO PLANNING FOR BANKS
Hong Kong, 24 – 26 September 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage in conjunction with Ethan Hathaway

Business Continuity Planning is the process through which an organization ensures the maintenance or recovery of operations, including services to customers, when faced with disruptive events such as natural disasters, technological failures, human error or terrorism. The course includes 6 detailed case studies and a heavily interactive section on developing effective scenarios. This is a 3-day intensive course on Business Continuity and Scenario Planning focused on the banking environment.  

For details http://www.ethanhathaway.com/training/business-continuity

OPERATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT - BEYOND COMPLIANCE:
A VALUE ADDED INCENTIVE
London,  27 – 29 October 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage in conjunction with Marcus Evans

Recent events at France's SocGen point to an operations risk management failure of considerable proportions. Is your bank a sitting duck for a rogue trader, a malicious mischief maker, a thief or worse?

"Rogue Trader causes $7.2 billion trading loss at Société Générale", so screamed the headlines!

  • So you think that Operations Risk Management is all in the numbers? Well think again!

  • Mathematical formulae are great for theory but are they really any good in practice?

  • People, Processes, Systems and External Factors cannot be represented by mathematical symbols!

  • Operations Risk Management is a hands-on game-plan, not just mathematical theory!

Although financial institutions have been managing risk exposures for years, operational risk management is a discipline is relatively new. The change in focus to operational risk management has been driven by a number of factors, led by the compliance requirements of the regulators. Other critical factors include the complexity of banking & financial products, advances in technology, rapid expansion of bank operations, and the increasing venerability of financial institutions to operational failures and losses. The increased attention to Operational Risk has also been driven by a number of major events attributed directly to operational failures.

This course is the basic introduction to Operations Risk Management and Mitigation. It is intended to move the participants beyond international (and even local) compliance requirements for operations risk (such as those contained in Basel II) and into an understanding of operations risk management & mitigation as a value added proposition, increasing the bank's profitability and structural strength.

Details Coming Soon

MANAGING RISK IN WHOLESALE & LARGE VALUE PAYMENT SYSTEMS
London, 18 – 19 November 2008

Presented by Citadel Advantage in conjunction with Marcus Evans

The Risks in Wholesale Payment Systems Course is designed to provide professionals who have a command of banking and treasury concepts and issues in a domestic environment with a high quality education foundation for understanding the risks within the context of wholesale payment systems, including the key principles, concepts, infrastructures, practices, issues, and developments.

Details Coming Soon

 

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