In finance the difference between a healthy position on dividend policy and buy-backs and a dangerous one is often a single assumption. Growth built on poorly controlled policy and buy-backs reverses faster than it accumulated. They leave able to brief senior management on the financial and banking practice capability in terms that support a decision. It concentrates on the parts of dividend policy and buy-backs that determine outcomes and treats the rest proportionately. The programme suits teams tackling this strand of financial and banking practice together as readily as individuals attending alone. Practitioner evidence points the same way: policy and buy-backs improves fastest where responsibility for it is named and owned. Participants apply dividend policy and buy-backs to their own business line throughout, so the output is directly usable. The version of policy and buy-backs described in the manual and the version practised on the floor tend to diverge over time. The final module sets out how progress on this area of financial and banking practice will be evidenced six months later.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Integrate dividend policy and buy-backs into existing management routines rather than running it separately.
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Price policy and buy-backs to reflect the risk actually being taken.
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Establish what evidence would demonstrate that dividend policy and buy-backs is under control.
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Adapt recognised practice on policy and buy-backs to local constraints without hollowing it out.
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Stress test dividend policy and buy-backs against scenarios that are plausible rather than comfortable.
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Set early warning indicators that flag deterioration in policy and buy-backs.
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Prepare the regulatory submissions arising from dividend policy and buy-backs.
Who Should Attend
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Credit and underwriting officers assessing dividend policy and buy-backs.
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Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on policy and buy-backs.
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Finance managers reporting on dividend policy and buy-backs.
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Financial technology and change staff modernising policy and buy-backs.
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Coordinators responsible for keeping records and documentation of dividend policy and buy-backs current.
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Relationship and product managers whose targets depend on policy and buy-backs.
Course Modules
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01
Dividend policy and buy-backs: capital, liquidity and balance sheet effect
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Reporting dividend policy and buy-backs so the reader can act on it
Document the remediation plan for each known weakness in dividend policy and buy-backs.
Test the procedure for policy and buy-backs against a realistic scenario.
Rank the weaknesses in dividend policy and buy-backs by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
Test policy and buy-backs against a scenario the organisation would rather not model.
Session 2The hard cases in policy and buy-backs and how to reason about them
Design the exception process for dividend policy and buy-backs and require a documented rationale.
Name a single owner for each element of policy and buy-backs.
Confirm client due diligence standards applied to dividend policy and buy-backs are current.
Build the competence framework that supports policy and buy-backs.
02
Policy and buy-backs: pricing, profitability and risk-adjusted return
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Evidencing that policy and buy-backs worked as designed
Confirm segregation of duties across initiation, approval and settlement of dividend policy and buy-backs.
Prepare the evidence pack demonstrating policy and buy-backs operated as designed.
Review whether dividend policy and buy-backs is aligned with the objectives of the business line.
Prepare the summary of policy and buy-backs that senior management will read.
Session 2Comparing policy and buy-backs with recognised practice
Check that records of dividend policy and buy-backs answer the questions likely to be asked.
Set early warning indicators for policy and buy-backs with defined action thresholds.
State the risk appetite for dividend policy and buy-backs as a number, not an adjective.
Map the handovers in policy and buy-backs between functions and secure them.
03
Policy and buy-backs: exceptions, breaches and remediation
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1What a supervisor will ask about policy and buy-backs, and in what order
Check the accounting treatment applied to dividend policy and buy-backs against current standards.
Review concentration by counterparty, sector and geography inside policy and buy-backs.
Confirm reporting on dividend policy and buy-backs reaches the committee that can act on it.
Draft the minimum viable control framework for policy and buy-backs.
Session 2The assumption inside the model for dividend policy and buy-backs that nobody revisits
Agree what will be standardised in dividend policy and buy-backs and what will not.
Confirm that reporting on policy and buy-backs reaches the people who can act.
Distinguish symptoms from causes when dividend policy and buy-backs underperforms.
Anticipate the objections policy and buy-backs will raise and prepare the answers.
04
Policy and buy-backs: audit evidence and examiner readiness
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Stress scenarios for policy and buy-backs that are plausible rather than convenient
Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for dividend policy and buy-backs.
List the assumptions in any model supporting policy and buy-backs and when each was last challenged.
Record the rationale for each significant choice made about dividend policy and buy-backs.
Confirm regulatory reporting on policy and buy-backs is complete, timely and reconciled.
Session 2Escalation and decision rights in policy and buy-backs
Review the pricing of dividend policy and buy-backs against the risk being assumed.
Check the legal and contractual exposure created by policy and buy-backs.
Collect evidence on the present handling of dividend policy and buy-backs before proposing changes.
Agree who signs off policy and buy-backs and record that they did.
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USD1,250
Workshop or Program Participation
Airport Transfers
Customized Badge
Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
USD1,850
5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
Workshop or Program Participation
Airport Transfers
Customized Badge
Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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