_How does a bank work, actually?
_Combination of customer and risk business
_Bank strategies under Basel II

_Story

Over the three days of the seminar teams of participants manage their bank, define a strategy and try to achieve the best possible shareholder value.

_Learning for the real world

Which factors influence the strategy of a bank?

• General economic framework
• European System of Central Banks
• Legal framework
• Corporate policy and decision-making

What are the main factors of a transparent sales management?

• Using the mark-to-market method
• Interfaces with risk departments
• Evaluation of the success of individual transactions
• Contribution margin costing
• Calculation of minimum margin

The heart of banking: risk return and risk management

• Aims and objectives of asset liability management
• Basic principles of credit risk management
• Control of interest rate risk in asset liability management
• Basic features of the securities and investment funds business
• Optimising the use of risk capital

Practical implementation of business strategies

• Pricing strategies for the retail business and individual transactions in the private, corporate and institutional segments
• Decision-making in asset liability management
• Pro-active management of a bond fund
• Using swaps to control interest rate risk with an integral limit system based on the interest risk statistics of Basel II

_Target Group

• Staff from branch offices and the retail and corporate desks with responsibility for performance; staff involved in controlling and planning activities
• Participants in in-house management training courses
• Specialists who seek an understanding of total bank management and interrelationships

Formerly Pro*Bank, Austro*Bank, Cecho*Bank and Slovako*Bank.