Training: Basel standards and concepts: Basel I to IV

Interest and purpose of the training

The seminar is designed to provide with the knowledge and skills needed to understand the Basel I to IV framework.

• Know the guiding principles of each of the pillars of the Basel regulations
• Mastering the bank's main obligations
• An overview of the impact of each reform on banking and deployment schedule for Basel III and IV

Course outlines

• Introduction and development of the current Basel Accords
• An overview of how EU law (CRRs and CRDs) impacts HSBC
• The structure of the December 2017 Basel Accord
• Pillar 1, 2 and 3 overview
• Focus on the main technical areas:
• The regulatory boundary – how this differs from IFRS
• Components of bank capital
• Components of risk weighted assets (with focus on credit risk)
• The leverage ratio – the capital and exposure measures
• The liquidity standard
• Interbank comparison of capital adequacy metrics
• Setting the Stage for Basel IV
• Summary & Conclusions

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