A tailored course, built for your situation
Mastering Basel III for Senior Risk and Capital Planning Leaders
A structured mastery path for executives ensuring compliance and strategic capital allocation under Basel III requirements.
The situation this course is for
Many risk leaders understand the principles but struggle to align reporting workflows with what regulators and internal executives actually demand. The gap isn’t knowledge, it’s execution under pressure.
Who this is for
Senior risk, compliance, or capital planning executives at global banks who own regulatory reporting artifacts and escalation paths.
Who this is not for
Entry-level analysts, auditors without decision ownership, or professionals outside financial services regulation.
What you walk away with
- Produce capital adequacy reports that require no rework before executive review
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of Basel III-mandated stress testing summaries
- Position yourself as the internal reference for LCR and NSFR calculation frameworks
- Anticipate escalation paths from peer teams on capital treatment decisions
- Deliver audit-ready documentation for Pillar 2 reviews
The 12 modules (with all 144 chapters)
- Overview of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
- Key differences between Basel II, Basel 2.5, and Basel III
- The three pillars of Basel III regulation
- Implementation timeline across G10 jurisdictions
- U.S. GSIB surcharge and its impact on capital planning
- CRR2 and CRD6 updates in the European Union
- Net Stable Funding Ratio calculation deadlines
- Local transpositions at national regulators
- Internal vs. public Pillar 3 disclosures
- Role of the Federal Reserve and OCC in U.S. enforcement
- Impact of D-SIB designations on capital buffers
- How APRA and PRA diverge in implementation
- Definition of Common Equity Tier 1 capital
- Additional Tier 1 capital instruments and eligibility
- Tier 2 capital treatment and subordination rules
- Risk-weighted asset calculation for credit exposures
- Standardized vs. Internal Ratings-Based approaches
- Output floor impact on modelled RWA
- Equity deductions for minority interests
- Goodwill and intangible asset treatment
- Capital conservation buffer mechanics
- Stress capital buffer under CCAR
- Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) integration
- Impact of retained earnings on CET1 ratio
- Definition of high-quality liquid assets (HQLA)
- Level 1, 2A, and 2B asset classification
- Run-off rate assumptions for unsecured deposits
- Wholesale funding outflow rates
- Stress scenario assumptions in LCR
- Simplified vs. comprehensive approach
- Currency-specific LCR compliance
- Intra-day liquidity monitoring requirements
- Impact of intragroup support agreements
- LCR monitoring frequency and reporting
- Internal dashboards tracking HQLA burn rate
- Common audit findings in LCR reporting
- Definition of available stable funding
- Required stable funding by asset class
- Maturity mismatch treatment under NSFR
- Long-term debt vs. short-term repo trade-offs
- Treatment of derivatives and collateral
- Securities lending and repo transactions
- Impact of encumbered vs. unencumbered assets
- NSFR reporting frequency and audit cycle
- Internal model validation for outflows
- Treatment of sovereign exposures
- Cross-border funding challenges
- Contingent liquidity risk and NSFR
- Designing stress testing scenarios
- Linking macroeconomic assumptions to credit losses
- Balance sheet projection under stress
- Capital action triggers and contingency plans
- ICAAP documentation structure
- Internal escalation path for model overrides
- Peer benchmarking in stress test results
- Model validation and back-testing
- Integrating market and credit risk shocks
- Liquidity stress testing alignment
- Regulatory expectations for scenario severity
- Reporting templates for CCAR and DFAST
- Overview of operational risk capital evolution
- Business indicator definition and segmentation
- Internal loss multiplier calibration
- Loss event data collection requirements
- Deductibility of insurance recoveries
- Treatment of past losses in SMA
- Model governance for operational risk
- Key risk indicators and threshold setting
- Audit readiness for OpRisk capital
- Loss data collection systems
- Integration with insurance programs
- Emerging cyber risk implications
- Definition of Pillar 2 requirements
- ICAAP and ILAAP integration
- Internal governance expectations
- Risk culture assessment framework
- Stress testing model inventory
- Capital planning under uncertainty
- Board-level oversight documentation
- Supervisory review expectations
- Use of internal capital floors
- Cross-border supervisory coordination
- Pillar 2 guidance from national regulators
- Documentation depth for examiner requests
- On-balance sheet exposure calculation
- Derivatives and repo exposure treatment
- Securities financing transactions
- Clearing member exemptions
- SLR impact on balance sheet strategy
- Repo 105 and regulatory arbitrage history
- Exposure to off-balance sheet commitments
- Treatment of central counterparty exposures
- Impact of uncleared margin rules
- Leverage ratio vs. risk-weighted capital
- Quarterly disclosure templates
- Internal monitoring frequency
- Data lineage for regulatory reports
- Source system integration for HQLA tracking
- Validation rules for capital components
- Automated reconciliation workflows
- Exception management escalation
- Audit trail design for examiners
- Approval workflows for report submission
- Role-based access to reporting tools
- Integration with financial close
- Change management for reporting updates
- Version control for report packages
- Internal sign-off protocols
- Treasury's role in liquidity reporting
- Finance's responsibility for capital attribution
- Legal review of capital instrument terms
- Stakeholder alignment on model assumptions
- Escalation process for data conflicts
- Regular syncs with internal audit
- Executive summary development
- Handling peer team pushback
- Documentation for cross-functional sign-off
- Change control for capital policy
- Onboarding new team members
- Training materials for capital basics
- Common Basel III audit findings
- Document retention for capital calculations
- Model validation package structure
- Examiner follow-up question patterns
- Preparing audit-ready workpapers
- Treatment of model overrides
- Capital treatment of hybrid instruments
- Reconciliation with financial statements
- Response protocol for regulatory queries
- Internal quality assurance checks
- Lessons from peer bank enforcement actions
- How to avoid ‘needs improvement’ ratings
- Linking capital ratios to business decisions
- Presenting CAR trends to senior leadership
- Trade-offs between capital and ROE
- Impact of M&A on capital planning
- Balance sheet optimization levers
- Funding strategy and capital efficiency
- Communicating capital strength externally
- Investor relations and capital messaging
- Board-level narrative development
- Scenario planning for capital raises
- Stress testing as a strategic tool
- Long-term capital roadmap design
How this maps to your situation
- Basel III finalization and firm-level implementation
- Escalating internal expectations on capital reporting
- Need for clear handoffs to senior sponsors
- Rising scrutiny from regulators on liquidity planning
Before vs. after
What's included with your purchase
- 12 modules with 12 chapters each (144 chapters)
- Downloadable templates and worked examples for every module
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Delivery and format
- Course and learning environment access provisioned within 24 hours of purchase
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
Format: Text-based modules and chapters in the Art of Service learning environment, plus downloadable templates and worked examples for every chapter, plus the hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.
Time investment: 90 minutes per week over six weeks, designed for senior practitioners balancing full-time roles.
How this compares to the alternatives
Unlike generic Basel III overviews, this course delivers role-specific workflows and templates used by top-tier banks to meet regulatory and executive expectations.
Frequently asked
Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.