The future of Internal Audit 2018

What will 2018 bring to Internal Audit? a) Risk management: the world is changing, new risks emerge and with that the challenge of Internal Auditors to know how to manage them. They key point here is: how to manage something that you don’t understand or know? If you are in that case, it’s very unlikely [...]

Have you addressed the risk of money laundering? (Part 2 of 2)

Continuing to address the risk of money laundering, let’s go to key controls upon the questions in last article: a) No matter what type of customer is, make sure you meet that person and make a surprise visit. Meeting that person will help you to confirm it exists and visiting by surprise will diminish the [...]

OTC Derivatives, Collateral & EMIR MasterClass 2

Learning outcomes The primary concepts of OTC Derivatives How exposures arise in OTC Derivatives and risk mitigation techniques used in associated collateral management The regulatory requirements introduced under EMIR for both centrally cleared and non centrally cleared OTC Derivative trades Training Description ‘EMIR’ [...]

FIIA 2018 MasterClass

Learning outcomes How to leverage Internal Audit assisting and ensuring Supervisory and Executive Boards that the 4 Lines-of-Defence are operating efficiently and effectively Understand the need for banks to be prepared to be audited in the governance area –agendas, minutes, commissions, plans of action, fit and [...]

Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB) MasterClass

Learning outcomes Become aware of the revised standards Gain theoretical and practical understanding of IRRBB methodology Learn links between IRRBB and other regulatory initiatives such as FRTB and liquidity risk management Understand risk transfer, fund transfer pricing Gain experience of facing regulatory challenge on proposed model [...]

6th Annual Internal Audit Forum

On the 6th Annual Internal Audit Forum the attendees will be presented with a number of sessions on today’s current issues and trends, industry best practices seeking to address common challenges, and knowledge-sharing opportunities. Our expert speakers will provide an insight into their experiences throughout interesting keynote presentations, case [...]

5th Annual European Payments Forum

5th Annual European Payments Forum After the great success of the September 2017 event, we will have our next annual European Payments Forum in March 2018. This time, the hosting city is going to be Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The event will continue to discuss PSD 2 as [...]

Have you addressed the risk of money laundering? (Part 1 of 2)

Either if you have addressed the risk of money laundering or not this information will help you to do it or improve it. First you’ve to understand that money laundering is no longer only done in the financial sector; it has expanded to other sectors such as trade based, football, art, etc. Although many countries [...]

IFRS 9 4.0 Implementation & Stress Testing MasterClass

Learning outcomes Learn how to interpret accounting requirements of IFRS 9 into a model context Find out how to align International Accounting Standards and EBA Requirements on EL-Provisions Run EBA-Stress Test on IFRS 9 data Combine EBA Baseline and Adverse Scenarios with IFRS 9 models Integrate [...]

FRTB – Fundamental Review of the Trading Book MasterClass

Learning outcomes Get a clear understanding of the rationale for the regulatory initiatives under FRTB and the implementation challenges Uncover some of the weaknesses in the current proposals and the need for further regulatory change Learn the divergences between BCBS proposals and EU proposed implementation Get know [...]