FRTB — Regulatory Capital for Market Risk and CVA in Practice
Deep Dive on the Practical Application of FRTB
September 21-23, 2022 – Toronto
CPE – 18.75 hours
This course will give participants an in-depth understanding of OSFI’s regulatory capital treatment of market risk and CVA. Learning is based on an intense use of examples, applying FRTB step-by-step.
Case studies incorporate real-life issues faced by banks in their implementation of the FRTB regime and interpretations of the capital rules.
Delegate Comments
“…provided a very good high level summary of the key impacts of IFRS to financial institutions.”
“Presentations were clear even though topics were complex.”
“Best conference I’ve ever attended.”
“Suffice it to say that the conference delivered on my expectations…A lot has been taken away from this conference…$ well spent…”
“Finally a course that communicates true technical knowledge”
“This seminar was fantastic – very informative and has some extremely interesting and knowledgeable speakers.”
“Great balance between theory and practical application/issues. Perfect level of detail…”
“Speakers were very knowledgeable, materials were current…examples and materials were relevant and well presented.”
Juan Ramirez is a Vice President and regulatory capital expert on FRTB market risk at Deutsche Bank in London. Previously, he worked 8 years at Deloitte LLP in London, advising clients on Basel III/IV and IFRS 9 issues. Juan has a deep understanding of all elements of bank regulatory capital: ICAAP, risk appetite, capital planning, economic capital and stress testing.
With an MBA from University of Chicago, Mr. Ramirez moved to London to work at the commodities trading desk at JPMorgan. Later he joined the derivatives sales teams at Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, Banco Santander and BNP Paribas. He has devoted more than 20 years to derivatives in front office positions, gaining a first-hand experience on market risk and hedging solutions.
Mr. Ramirez is the author of “Handbook of Basel III Capital”, “Accounting for Derivatives” and “Handbook of Corporate Derivatives and Equity Capital Markets”
Program – September 21
Module 1: FRTB – Current Value Assessment (CVA)
Conceptual Framework
- Scope of application and timeline
- Introduction to regulatory capital CVA
- Available approaches
- Hypothetical splitting of netting sets
Accounting vs. Regulatory CVA
- Accounting CVA and DVA
- Main differences between the two frameworks
- Challenges in practice
Basic Approach
- Capital requirements
- Determination of risk weights
- Determination of maturities, exposures and discount factors
- CVA hedges eligibility: single name and index hedges
- Determination of hedge misalignment adjustment
- Practical challenges
- Working example: Detailed calculation of the CVA-Basic approach
Standardised Approach Framework
- Capital requirements
- Special considerations for EAD simulation
- Special considerations for PDs and LGDs
- Special considerations for margined netting sets: Collateral and margin period of risk (MPOR)
- CVA hedges eligibility
- Practical challenges
Standardised Approach: Working Examples
- Working example: Detailed calculation of the interest rate delta risk capital requirements. Risk factors, sensitivities, risk weights, and cross-bucket and intra-bucket aggregation
- Working example: Detailed calculation of the counterparty credit spread risk delta risk capital requirements. Risk factors, sensitivities, risk weights, and cross-bucket and intra-bucket aggregation
- Working example: Detailed calculation of the FX delta risk capital requirements. Risk factors, sensitivities, risk weights, and cross-bucket and intra-bucket aggregation
- Working example: Detailed calculation of the interest rate vega risk capital requirements. Risk factors, sensitivities, risk weights, and cross-bucket and intra-bucket aggregation
Special Topics
- Defaulted exposures
- Internal risk transfers of CVA risk
Program – September 22
Module 2: FRTB – Market Risk – Standardized Approach
Conceptual Framework
- Scope of application and timeline
- Available approaches
Boundary Between Banking Book and Trading Book
- Presumptive list of instruments to be assigned to each regulatory book
- Methodology in practice to set the assignment to each regulatory book
- Reclassifications
- Challenges in practice
Internal Risk Transfers (IRTs)
- Interest rate, credit and equity IRTs
- Practical challenges
- Case study: issuance of structured notes
Prudent Valuation
- Overview of the regulatory guidance
- Practical challenges
- Case study: interest rate derivatives’ prudent valuation
- Case study: credit instruments’ prudent valuation
Market Risk Capital Requirements
- Components of the market risk capital requirements formula
- Intuitive understanding of the formula
Standardised Approach (SA) – Sensitivities-based Method (SbM)
- Overall framework: SbM, RRAO and DRC
- SbM framework: Delta risk, vega risk and curvature risk
- Working example: Interest rate risk delta risk mechanics
- Working example: FX risk delta risk mechanics
- Working example: Credit spread risk non-securitisations delta risk mechanics
- Working example: Interest rate risk vega risk mechanics
- Working example: Curvature risk mechanics
Standardised Approach (SA) – Residual Risk Add-on (RRAO)
- RRAO framework and scope
- Working examples of RRAO application
- Challenges in practice: excessively punitive positions
Standardised Approach (SA) – Default Risk Charge (DRC)
- SA-DRC framework and scope
- Working examples of calculations of jump-to-defaults
- Working example: Non-securitisations SA-DRC mechanics
- Challenges in practice: excessively punitive positions
Program – September 23
Module 3: FRTB – Internal Model Approach (IMA)
IMA – Introduction
- Trading desk definition
- Trading desk eligibility
- Short case studies to explain hedging challenges
IMA – Expected Shortfall (ES)
- Conceptual introduction: VaR vs. ES measures
- ES calculation mechanics
- Challenges in practice: stressed period of risk, reduced set of risk factors and liquidity horizons
IMA – Backtesting and P&L Attribution Test (PLA)
- Trading desk eligibility
- Overview of bank-wide and trading desk backtesting requirements
- Definition of hypothetical P&L, actual P&L and risk-theoretical P&L. Treatment of CVA, DVA and other valuation adjustments. Practical challenges
- Overview of PLA requirements. The three zone framework
- PLA testing: Spearman correlation metric and Kolmogorov-Smirnoff metric
- Modellable vs. non-modellable risk factors
IMA – Capital Requirements Calculations
- Capital requirements for modellable risk factors: IMCC
- Capital requirements for NMRFs: Stressed expected shortfall (SES)
- Capital requirements for DRC
IMA – Default Risk Charge (DRC)
- IMA-DRC framework. Scope
- PDs and LGDs
- Default simulation in practice
Note: The capital considerations set out in this seminar are based on the instructor’s interpretation of OSFI guidance. Institutions that the instructor is affiliated with can therefore by no means be associated with his interpretation.
Each day of the course runs from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. each day including lunch as well as morning and afternoon breaks.
| Registration Options | Before August 2, 2022 | Before August 16, 2022 | After August 16, 2022 |
| CVA & Market Risk (1+2) | $2,199.00 + HST | $2,299.00 + HST | $2,399.00 + HST |
| Market Risk & IMA (2+3) | $2,199.00 + HST | $2,299.00 + HST | $2,399.00 + HST |
| Full 3 Day Course (1-3) | $3,199.00 + HST | $3,299.00 + HST | $3,499.00 + HST |
Our HST Number: R862562543
Group Discount: Fourth Delegate FREE!
If three individuals from one organization register at the same time, a fourth person may also be registered to attend free of charge. The free registration must be of equal or lesser value than the paid registrations. Please contact us to arrange for attendance of larger groups.
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Registration fees include all conference materials, continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments. Parking and accommodation are not included.
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This conference has been specifically designed for, and in consultation with, experts in accounting for financial institutions as well as standard setters. The event has been developed with the professional responsibilities of our audience as our focus. As well, auditors, financial advisors, analysts, lawyers and other advisory professionals would benefit from staying current on the information provided at this timely event. In particular, our experience indicates that individuals in the following positions would mostly likely be in attendance:
- Chief Financial Officers
- Chief Risk Officers
- Chief Compliance Officers
- VPs, Directors and Managers
- Finance
- Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Controllers
- Internal Auditors
- Audit Committee Members
- Corporate Counsel
- Risk Managers
- Audit and Assurance Professionals
- Industry Regulators and Standard Setters
- Financial Analysts
- Corporate and Securities Lawyers
Comments from Past Delegates to Acumen Conferences
“…provided a very good high level summary of the key impacts of IFRS to financial institutions.”
Associate Chief Accountant, Bank of Montreal
“Presentations were clear even though topics were complex.”
Chief Financial Officer, Société Générale
“Best conference I’ve ever attended.”
Senior Manager, Enterprise Hedge Accounting and Derivative Reporting, Royal Bank of Canada
“Suffice it to say that the conference delivered on my expectations…A lot has been taken away from this conference…$ well spent…”
V.P. Risk Management Advisory, New Brunswick Credit Union Stabilization Board
“Finally a course that communicates true technical knowledge”
Director, Operations Finance, NAV Canada
“This seminar was fantastic – very informative and has some extremely interesting and knowledgeable speakers.”
Manager, Corporate Accounting, Brascan Power
“Great balance between theory and practical application/issues. Perfect level of detail…”
Treasury Manager CHC Helicopter Corporation
“Speakers were very knowledgeable, materials were current…examples and materials were relevant and well presented.”
Derivatives Accountant, Agrium Inc.
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