Managing Liquidity Risk
The Subprime Crisis of 2008 has often been described as a “liquidity crisis”. Since 2008, liquidity risk has become a major area of focus in risk management. The challenge for banks is how to manage their liquidity and protect themselves against liquidity risk. The purpose of this course is to provide participants with a good understanding of liquidity risk and how to manage it.
Course content
- Introduction
- Asset liquidity risk:
Collateral management
Tightness
Depth
Resilience - Funding liquidity risk
- Liquidity risk measurement:
LVaR
Ratio approach
Monitoring tools
Stress testing - Liquidity gaps
- Contingency funding plan
- Fund transfer pricing (FTP)
- Future trends
Target audience
Risk managers and other financial service professionals with at least 1 year experience in financial services who want to understand liquidity risk