Stress-Testing for Financial Institutions, Beyond Regulatory Constraints

Why Should You Attend

Stress-testing requires lateral knowledge and skills to be thoroughly pursued and constantly updated. It is no longer enough to neglect low-likelihood risks, even when there are few or no past occurrences of these risks, and if the perspective looks far away.

This webinar will highlight pitfalls and chances of success for stress-testing to equip participants for adding key value to a financial institution’s risk management structures. Through lecturing and on-the-go questions, the instructor will encourage participants to think beyond routine risks and to examine with lucid minds extreme risks, beyond the usual defense ‘it will not happen’, or ‘it will not happen again’. It will also examine a few key scenarios to see how a financial institution can deal with such scenarios without compromising its key strategic objectives and enable every function to thrive in the knowledge that a few possible disasters have been prepared for.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Stress-testing and scenario analysis
• The regulatory view – before and after
• Why and how stress-testing
• Designing and developing scenarios
• Deriving value from stress-testing
• Developing an action plan
• Communicating stress-testing

Who Will Benefit:

• Financial Officers
• Risk Officers
• Internal Auditors
• Operational Risk Managers
• Staff with roles and responsibilities in operational risk in risk management departments, businesses and central departments.

Instructor Profile:

Fred Vacelet, MBA, FRM/PRM, CTM, IFQ, is an international Financial Risk Management Consultant with an expertise in Risk Management methodological frameworks. His experience spans some 20 years, advising banks and software houses on risk management. Mr. Vacelet holds various degrees, including from London Business School, England, with post-graduate studies at the Technische (then West)-Berlin, Germany and Keio (Japan) universities. He is published author on risk management and Basel Accords, and a regular speaker at conferences. He writes and presents training courses and workshops on risk management and Basel II/III.

Topic Background:

Stress-testing, already a requirement in Basel II, is now getting into a critical part of Basel III compliance. Its importance is expected to grow in the coming years. Beyond regulatory necessities, stress-testing done the right way can keep a financial institution out of significant trouble at a minimal cost and disruption. Stress-testing must be pursued as a successful program involving countless stakeholders become a key tool for acquiring a competitive edge.

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