Introduction

Effective Asset and Liability Management has become a strategic priority for banks seeking to maintain financial resilience, optimise performance, and satisfy increasing regulatory expectations. Sound ALM practices help institutions balance profitability objectives with prudent risk management while ensuring long-term stability across changing market conditions.

Asset and Liability Management training course develops practical capabilities in liquidity oversight, funding management, interest rate risk assessment, and balance sheet optimisation within modern banking environments.

Participants will gain a clear understanding of the relationships between assets, liabilities, capital, and liquidity. The training course also explores governance responsibilities, risk appetite frameworks, stress testing practices, and supervisory expectations that support informed decision-making and sustainable banking performance.

Key focus areas of this Asset and Liability Management training course include:

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Asset and Liability Management training course, participants will be able to:

Training Methodology

This Asset and Liability Management training course combines expert-led instruction, interactive learning, group discussions, practical exercises, applied scenarios, and real-world banking examples. Participants will develop practical skills through structured analysis and guided discussions that reinforce effective balance sheet risk management and regulatory awareness.

Asset and Liability Management

Who Should Attend?

This Asset and Liability Management training course is designed for:

  • Chief Risk Officers
  • Chief Financial Officers
  • Treasury Managers
  • ALM Managers
  • Liquidity Risk Managers
  • Market Risk Managers
  • Interest Rate Risk Specialists
  • Balance Sheet Managers
  • Capital Management Professionals
  • Treasury Analysts
  • Risk Analysts
  • Regulatory Compliance Managers
  • Internal Auditors
  • Banking Supervisors
  • ALCO Members

Course Outline

Day 1

Introduction to banking

  • The unique nature of banking
  • The structure of a bank balance sheet
  • The manner in which banks generate income
  • The risks to which banks are exposed
  • The regulations imposed on banks
  • Net interest margin
  • The yield curve
  • Discounted cash flow
  • The various forms of regulatory capital and funding: CET1, Tier 1, Tier 2, MREL
  • Requirements for capital: credit risk, market risk, operational risk, interest rate risk
  • Regulatory capital requirements: Pillar 1, Pillar 2 and ICAAP
  • Measuring bank performance: return on risk-adjusted capital (RORAC), economic value added (EVA)
Day 2

Funding the Bank

  • The nature of bank assets and liabilities
  • Cash flow mismatch
  • The optionality embedded in bank balance sheets
  • The behavioural maturity of bank liabilities
  • Deposit guarantees
  • Liquidity regulations
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio
  • Regulatory requirements: Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR), net stable funding ratio (NSFR)
  • Funds transfer pricing
  • ILAAP, L-SREP
  • Liquidity stress test
  • Contingency funding plan 2
Day 3

Market Risk in Banking

  • Accrual accounting vs mark-to-market accounting
  • Trading book vs banking book
  • Fair value hierarchy
  • Interest rate swaps, FRAs, cross-currency swaps
  • Marking to market
  • Valuation adjustments: CVA, DVA, FVA
  • Price sensitivity of assets and liabilities
  • Measures of price sensitivity: modified duration, basis point value
  • Measuring market risk of portfolios: value-at-risk (VaR) and expected shortfall
  • Optionality measures and convexity
  • Capital for market risk-taking
  • Using derivatives to manage market risks
  • Counterparty credit risk
  • Clearing, collateral and margining
Day 4

Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (IRRBB)

  • Risks to net interest margin
  • Gap analysis
  • Sources of risk: fixed, floating and administered rate products
  • Treatment of equity, non-maturity balances and free funds
  • Structural hedging
  • Types of risk: yield curve risk, customer optionality
  • Pipeline and prepayment risk
  • Non-performing loans
  • Risk management: repricing gaps, derivatives
  • Behaviour of non-maturity deposits
  • Income measures of interest rate risk
  • Economic value measures of interest rate risk
  • Economic value of equity (EVE) vs Earnings at risk (EAR)
  • What to hedge, when to hedge, how much to hedge
  • Trade-off between income and economic value
  • The link between liquidity risk and interest rate risk
  • Basel III IRRBB regulations (Apr/16)
  • EBA IRRBB guidelines (Jul/18)
  • PRA rules and guidance (Dec/21) 3
Day 5

The ALM Process

  • The Asset Liability Committee (ALCO)
  • ALCO roles and responsibilities
  • Setting risk appetite
  • Developing contingency funding plan
  • Designing stress tests
  • Implementing the structural hedge

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FAQs

This training course is designed to help banking professionals understand how assets, liabilities, capital, and liquidity interact within a financial institution. Participants gain practical knowledge of balance sheet management, liquidity planning, funding strategies, interest rate risk management, and regulatory expectations. The training course also highlights the governance structures and analytical tools required to support confident decision-making and long-term financial stability.

Participants learn how banks assess liquidity positions, monitor funding risks, comply with regulatory requirements, and prepare for stressed market conditions. The training explores liquidity frameworks, funding stability metrics, contingency funding planning, and stress testing approaches that help strengthen institutional resilience and support strategic planning.

IRRBB can have a significant impact on bank earnings, economic value, and overall balance sheet performance. This training course explains how interest rate movements affect assets, liabilities, and non-maturity deposits. Participants learn how to measure these exposures and evaluate appropriate risk mitigation approaches using both behavioural and quantitative techniques.

The training course is particularly valuable for treasury professionals, risk managers, finance specialists, ALCO members, auditors, compliance professionals, and banking executives involved in balance sheet oversight. It also benefits professionals seeking a deeper understanding of liquidity, funding, capital management, and regulatory compliance within banking institutions.

The training includes detailed coverage of key regulatory and supervisory frameworks affecting balance sheet management. Participants examine liquidity standards, capital requirements, ICAAP, ILAAP, IRRBB guidance, and supervisory expectations that influence modern ALM practices. This knowledge helps support stronger governance and more effective regulatory engagement.

The Asset and Liability Management course provides participants with practical methods for analysing risk exposures, assessing funding structures, evaluating interest rate sensitivities, and supporting ALCO discussions. By understanding the relationship between profitability, liquidity, capital, and risk appetite, participants are better positioned to contribute to sound strategic decisions that enhance financial resilience and long-term performance.

GRC Academy training courses are delivered in leading international business destinations, including London, Amsterdam, and Dubai. Sessions are hosted in carefully selected four- and five-star business hotels with professional meeting facilities that support focused learning, interaction, comfort, and confidentiality.

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