Professional Certificate in Risk Management

The Certificate aims at

• better preparing professionals facing the current financial services sector challenges;
• giving a structured approach to governance, risk and compliance as well as a full-fledge expertise in the techniques, policies and methods that are appropriate to any effective management, passing through a risk map (including risks such as legal, tax, fraud and technology risks) to close with linking risk and strategy;
• shedding light on all financial markets (from the traditional ones (MM, FX), via the current controversy markets (credit derivatives & structured products) to the emerging ones (commodity);
• giving opportunity to familiarize with quantitative techniques usually supportive of an advanced risk management framework (market, credit and operational risks) or a decision-making process (corporate finance, portfolio management, real options);
• informing on the current regulatory framework and alerting on the new package of reforms  to which the sector will be exposed.

The Certificate has been tailored to bring value and consistency to professionals of the financial services sector or to any who are indirectly concerned. The following groups should attend the program:

.      Market professionals (traders, sales, structurers, portfolio managers)

.      Middle office, product control and back-office

.       Internal and external audit function

.       Finance function

.       Risk management, internal control, compliance function

.       Treasurers

.       Corporate Finance professionals

Module 1        Financial Markets

Day 1 - Economic Indicators and Financial Markets - March 5, 2012

(Freddy van den Spiegel - BNP Paribas Fortis)

Day 2 - The financial markets - March, 16, 2012

(Hans Buysse, SynCap, ABAF-BVFA)

Day 3 - Derivatives and risk management - March 26, 2012

(Prof. Luc Keuleneer, KPMG, ABAF-BVFA)

Day 4 - Credit Risk Derivatives - March 30, 2012     

 (Didier Lannoy, BNP Paribas Fortis)

Module 2        Risk Management in Operations: "the devil is in the detail"

 Day 5 - Front & Back Office: "the first line of defence" - April 20, 2012                                               

(Jean-Pierre Dewindt, Arnaud Lauwers, BNP Paribas Fortis)                

Day 6 - Middle Office: "the second line of defense" - April 27, 2012

(Joris Laenen, Dexia)

Day 7 - Financial Accounting: "adequate report of risk" - May 4, 2012                                              

(Gregory Joos, PriceWaterhouse-Coopers)       

Day 8 - Asset and Liability Management  / Liquidity Risk - May 11, 2012                    

(Jean-Miguel Saintraint, BNP Paribas Fortis)

Module 3        Advanced Risk Management

Day 9 - Corporate Finance - May 25, 2012                                               

(Philippe Rasquin, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers)

Day 10 - Portfolio Management - June 1, 2012                                       

(Bertrand Sluys, ABAF-BVFA)

Day 11 - Real Option Valuation - June 8, 2012                                     

(Prof. Dr. Wouter De Maeseneire, Program Director Vlerick)

Day 12 - Market risk and operational risk Modelling - June 15, 2012     

(Geert Clijsters, KBC)

Day 13 - Credit risk modeling - June 22, 2012                                           

(Prof. Dr. Bart Baesens, KU Leuven)

Day 14 - Commodity Risk Management - June 28, 2012                          

(Alain Janssens, GDF Suez)

Module 4        Governance, Risk and Compliance

Day 15 - Solvency regulatory framework for banks - September 7, 2012                  

(Alain Verboomen, BNP Paribas Fortis)

Day 16 - LStrategy, leadership and governance - September 14, 2012                                                              

(Ingrid Loos, Karel Spruyt, PriceWaterhouse-Coopers)

Day 17 - Lines of defenses - September 21, 2012                                                              

(Jean Pierre Garrit)

Day 18 - Operational risks - September 28, 2012                                                             

(Jean Pinte, ING)                                                      

Day 19 - Advanced risk management for Insurance Sector - October 5, 2012

(Kenneth Vermeire, PriceWaterhouse-Coopers)

Day 20 - Risk & Capital Planning, Basel III - October 12, 2012

(Prof. Joulia Tamar, FUSL (St Louis))

Day 21 - Corporate Treasury Management and bank relationships - October 19, 2012   

(François Masquelier, RTL Group)

Day 22 - Advanced risk management for Treasury Centers - November 9, 2012  

(Prof. Dr. Hugue Pirotte, Solvay Business School )

Day 23 - Advanced risk management for Private Banking - November 16, 2012                  

(Dr. Foort Hamelink, Lombard Odier)

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