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Risk Based Supervision

Apply online by April 24, 2025 Deadline extended

Session No.: CE 25.21

Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait

Date: June 22-26, 2025 (1 week)

Delivery Method: In-person Training

Primary Language: English

Interpretation Language: Arabic

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Target Audience

Mid- to senior-level banking supervisors.

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Qualifications

Participants are expected to be involved in microprudential regulation and supervision of banking institutions.

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Course Description

This regional course, presented by the IMF-CEF and the Financial Supervision and Regulation Division of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF (MCMFR), aims at strengthening banking supervisors' capacity to implement the risk-based supervision (RBS) approach required by international standards for the banking sector. The course begins by introducing the conceptual RBS approach and discussing the concrete challenges for effective RBS implementation in prudential regulations and supervisory processes. The course then presents methodological guidance on assessing a bank`s risk profile in view of deciding adapted supervisory priorities and early intervention measures to address identified weaknesses. Through a mix of sessions including lectures, practical case studies, and interactive discussion, the course provides guidance on making a risk-based supervisory assessment of banks' financial soundness, with highlights on corporate governance, risk management, and main financial risks (with a selected focus on credit, liquidity, and operational risks), leveraging supervisory bank-rating models for illustration.

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Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: 

  • Understand the approach and methodology of risk-based banking supervision. 
  • Implement a risk-based assessment of a bank's risk profile that would result in early identification of material risk issues. 
  • Determine appropriate preventive and corrective supervisory action aimed at addressing identified weaknesses in individual banks. 
  • Incorporate the risk-based approach into supervisory objectives, action plans, organization, and processes within their respective authorities. 

For additional information on the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Alexis Boher, Senior Financial Sector Expert, MCMFR, at aboher@imf.org.

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