A tailored course, built for your situation
Mastering Basel III for Senior Risk and Compliance Managers
Achieve precision-ready regulatory reporting with confidence on the first submission
The situation this course is for
Even minor inconsistencies in Basel III reporting trigger cascading delays and internal review friction. Teams often rely on post-hoc cleanups instead of building accuracy in from the beginning.
Who this is for
Senior Risk and Compliance Managers in global financial institutions who own or contribute to Basel III reporting cycles and need outputs that are accurate, justifiable, and inspection-ready from the first version.
Who this is not for
Junior analysts learning the basics of capital frameworks, or teams focused exclusively on non-banking risk domains like cybersecurity or environmental compliance.
What you walk away with
- Produce Basel III-compliant reports with fewer than 2% adjustment requests from internal reviewers
- Build traceable logic paths for capital ratios that withstand cross-functional challenge
- Document methodology decisions in alignment with EBA and PRA expectations
- Deliver audit-ready liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) and net stable funding ratio (NSFR) calculations on schedule
- Reduce report revision cycles by embedding quality checks into initial drafting workflows
The 12 modules (with all 144 chapters)
- Overview of Basel III’s three pillars and their regulatory intent
- Key differences between Basel I, Basel II, and Basel III frameworks
- How national regulators implement Basel III through local rules
- Scope of application for global systemically important banks
- Capital adequacy requirements under Pillar 1
- Leverage ratio calculation and its role in risk control
- Liquidity coverage ratio thresholds and reporting triggers
- Net stable funding ratio and long-term funding obligations
- Pillar 2 supervisory review and internal capital adequacy processes
- Pillar 3 market discipline and public disclosure expectations
- Role of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
- How Basel III interacts with domestic regulatory regimes
- Definition and purpose of the capital adequacy ratio
- Breakdown of Tier 1 capital: common equity and additional Tier 1
- Tier 2 capital and its supplementary role in loss absorption
- Standardized approach to credit risk-weighted assets
- Internal ratings-based (IRB) approach for banks with approval
- Operational risk capital under Basel III
- Market risk and trading book capital treatment
- Calculating total risk-weighted assets across asset classes
- Goodwill deductions and capital reductions
- Deferred tax assets and capital disallowances
- Impact of minority interests on capital composition
- Adjustments for securitization exposures and off-balance sheet items
- Purpose of the leverage ratio as a backstop to risk models
- Definition of Tier 1 capital for leverage calculations
- Total exposure measure and its components
- On-balance sheet assets included in exposure
- Derivative exposures and current exposure method
- Securities financing transactions and repo haircuts
- Unsettled transactions and pending settlements
- Off-balance sheet items and credit conversion factors
- Treatment of consolidated subsidiaries
- Treatment of asset management exposures
- Disclosures required under Pillar 3 for leverage ratio
- Common errors in leverage ratio reporting
- Purpose of the liquidity coverage ratio and crisis resilience
- Stock of high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) and classification
- Level 1 and Level 2 HQLA: eligibility and haircuts
- Net cash outflows under stressed conditions
- Retail and corporate deposit run-off rates
- Wholesale funding and concentration risks
- Derivative collateral calls and liquidity draws
- Insurance and pension fund treatment in LCR
- Intra-group support and cross-border restrictions
- Liquidity stress testing scenarios
- Reporting frequency and supervisory review timelines
- Common misclassifications in HQLA reporting
- Objective of the net stable funding ratio
- Available stable funding sources and classifications
- Required stable funding by asset type
- Retail deposit stability factors
- Wholesale funding stability assumptions
- Derivative liabilities and funding stability
- Long-term vs short-term funding mix
- Treatment of securitization and structured products
- Interbank funding and counterparty concentration
- Funding stability for cross-border operations
- NSFR reporting templates and disclosure rules
- Trends in NSFR outcomes across global banks
- Purpose of the supervisory review and evaluation process
- Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP)
- Stress testing methodologies and scenario design
- Reverse stress testing for extreme events
- Governance of the ICAAP process
- Board and senior management oversight roles
- Regulatory expectations for model risk management
- Own funds requirements and regulatory adjustments
- Supervisory Pillar 2 Guidance (P2G)
- Interaction between Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 capital
- Documentation standards for supervisory submissions
- Common findings in regulatory review reports
- Scope of entities subject to Pillar 3 reporting
- Minimum disclosure requirements by jurisdiction
- Capital structure and reconciliation templates
- Risk exposure disclosures for credit, market, and operational risk
- Leverage ratio and LCR public reporting
- Narrative disclosures on risk management approach
- Qualitative disclosures on governance and strategy
- Auditing and verification of public disclosures
- Timing and frequency of Pillar 3 reports
- Regional variations in Pillar 3 implementation
- Best practices for consistency across jurisdictions
- How peers handle complex disclosure footnotes
- Organizational structure for Basel III compliance
- Role of central risk, treasury, and finance teams
- Data sourcing and reconciliation workflows
- Technology systems used for capital reporting
- Integration with financial close processes
- Version control for regulatory submissions
- Cross-functional alignment on assumptions
- Change management during regulatory updates
- Handling jurisdiction-specific variations
- Third-party validation and audit support
- Benchmarking against peer institutions
- Lessons from past regulatory exams
- Overview of IFRS 9 accounting framework
- Expected credit loss (ECL) model and stages
- Impact of ECL on profit and loss volatility
- Interaction between IFRS 9 and capital ratios
- Loan loss provisions and Tier 1 capital
- Derecognition rules and off-balance sheet impact
- Forward-looking information in ECL modeling
- Governance of ECL assumptions and model validation
- Disclosure alignment between IFRS 9 and Pillar 3
- Stress testing under IFRS 9 scenarios
- Treatment of stage 3 assets in risk-weighted calculations
- Reconciliation of ECL outputs with regulatory filings
- Overview of the COSO internal control framework
- Control environment and tone at the top
- Risk assessment for financial reporting accuracy
- Control activities specific to capital data flows
- Information and communication for report transparency
- Monitoring activities and control testing
- Mapping COSO components to Basel III processes
- Segregation of duties in capital calculations
- Audit trail and change tracking requirements
- Documentation standards for control reviews
- Integration with SOX compliance efforts
- Leveraging COSO for regulator-facing assurance
- Typical scope of Basel III regulatory exams
- Document retention and versioning policies
- Evidence packages for capital ratio calculations
- Common questions from regulators on CAR
- Responses to LCR and NSFR methodology queries
- Preparing for on-site supervisory visits
- Internal audit coordination and issue tracking
- Peer comparison and benchmarking data
- Handling material errors or restatements
- Regulatory follow-up timelines and expectations
- Best practices for executive summaries
- Using past findings to prevent recurrence
- Basel IV and output floor implementation timeline
- Impact of the standardized approach for credit risk
- Changes to operational risk capital calculation
- Revisions to the leverage ratio buffer
- Climate risk and its potential integration
- Digital transformation in capital reporting
- AI and automation in Basel III workflows
- Data governance and model risk management
- Workforce planning for regulatory change
- Benchmarking against top-tier performers
- Building flexible reporting templates
- Strategies for continuous improvement
How this maps to your situation
- Initial capital adequacy assessment
- Liquidity stress testing and reporting
- Internal control alignment for audit readiness
- Regulatory submission under review
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: Approximately 3 hours per module, designed for busy practitioners to complete at their own pace over 6, 8 weeks.
How this compares to the alternatives
Unlike generic risk courses, this program focuses exclusively on precision execution for Basel III, with step-by-step guidance, real templates, and direct alignment to EBA, PRA, and APRA expectations , not just theory.
Frequently asked
Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.