Set a realistic target state for interbank money market operations and a defensible route to it.
Managing Interbank and Institutional Money Market Operations
Turn interbank money market operations from a stated policy into a practice your organisation can evidence.
Course Overview
Models supporting interbank money market operations fail quietly, and usually at the worst moment. Regulators no longer accept intent as evidence of control over market operations. Cases are chosen to expose the trade-offs in the wider financial and banking practice agenda rather than to illustrate ideal conditions. Most organisations already have a policy on interbank money market operations; far fewer can show it working. The content is relevant to those who own this strand of financial and banking practice and to those who are held accountable for its results. They gain the ability to sequence improvements to market operations in an order their organisation can absorb. The programme takes participants through interbank money market operations end to end, from framing the problem to closing it out. The most reliable predictor of sound market operations is whether anyone reviews it when nothing has gone wrong. Participants finish with a short, specific brief on this aspect of financial and banking practice ready to put in front of a decision maker.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Translate policy on market operations into procedures that hold up under day-to-day pressure.
Validate the assumptions inside any model supporting interbank money market operations.
Plan the remediation route when a weakness in market operations is identified.
Review the contractual and legal exposure created by interbank money market operations.
Assess the concentration risk building up inside market operations.
Apply a repeatable review cycle to interbank money market operations and act on what it produces.
Who Should Attend
Board risk committee members overseeing interbank money market operations.
Staff seconded into improvement work on market operations.
Experienced practitioners formalising an approach to interbank money market operations that has grown up informally.
Financial technology and change staff modernising market operations.
Internal auditors reviewing the controls around interbank money market operations.
Finance managers reporting on market operations.
Course Modules
Interbank money market operations: the control framework and segregation of duties
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Evidencing that interbank money market operations worked as designed
- Arrange the handover of interbank money market operations so capability survives staff changes.
- Identify the key controls over market operations and who tests them.
- Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of interbank money market operations current.
- Agree the smallest change to market operations that would be visibly useful.
Session 2Concentration building quietly inside market operations
- Translate the appetite for interbank money market operations into limits someone monitors daily.
- Assess the capital consumed by market operations under current and stressed conditions.
- Check the legal and contractual exposure created by interbank money market operations.
- Verify reconciliation and settlement controls covering market operations.
Market operations: stress testing and scenario analysis
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The assumption inside the model for market operations that nobody revisits
- Review whether interbank money market operations is aligned with the objectives of the business line.
- Confirm reporting on market operations reaches the committee that can act on it.
- Build the internal briefing that explains interbank money market operations to those affected.
- Check that market operations still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
Session 2Testing market operations before relying on it
- Review concentration by counterparty, sector and geography inside interbank money market operations.
- Review the pricing of market operations against the risk being assumed.
- Agree what will be standardised in interbank money market operations and what will not.
- Design the exception process for market operations and require a documented rationale.
Market operations: pricing, profitability and risk-adjusted return
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What market operations does to capital and liquidity under stress
- Confirm that those complying with interbank money market operations understand why it exists.
- Agree who signs off market operations and record that they did.
- Establish the boundary of interbank money market operations and record what sits outside it.
- Confirm segregation of duties across initiation, approval and settlement of market operations.
Session 2Reviewing interbank money market operations when nothing has gone wrong
- Test the procedure for interbank money market operations against a realistic scenario.
- Set early warning indicators for market operations with defined action thresholds.
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in interbank money market operations.
- Prepare the evidence pack demonstrating market operations operated as designed.
Market operations: measurement, models and their assumptions
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What to measure in market operations and what to ignore
- Confirm that reporting on interbank money market operations reaches the people who can act.
- Map the handovers in market operations between functions and secure them.
- Confirm regulatory reporting on interbank money market operations is complete, timely and reconciled.
- Define acceptance criteria for market operations in advance.
Session 2Reporting market operations so the reader can act on it
- Anticipate the objections interbank money market operations will raise and prepare the answers.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around market operations are understood.
- Document the remediation plan for each known weakness in interbank money market operations.
- Check the accounting treatment applied to market operations against current standards.
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At least 3 people
- 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
- 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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