BASEL III - The Regulatory Challenges Ahead

Master Class Introduction

Basel III is the regulatory response to the banking crisis, attempting to correct the shortcomings in the previous
regulatory frameworks. It represents the greatest change ever to take place in banking, addressing not alone capital, but also, for the first time, liquidity. It fundamentally alters the traditional commercial banking business model and challenges banks to find new ways of becoming profitable. Banks must achieve higher capital ratios against a difficult credit backdrop.

This course examines the new rules in detail and explores how banks can successfully navigate this new regulatory
environment. It addresses the detail of the regulations as well as their economic implications. Participants will learn how to be Basel III compliant as well as what they must change to survive and prosper.

Who Should Attend

This Master Class should appeal to those in roles such as:

• Internal/External Auditors
• Regulators
• Company Secretaries
• Chief Financial Officers
• Regulatory Reporting Officers
• Risk Managers in all risk disciplines
• Existing and aspiring non-executive directors
• Risk Strategists
• Compliance Managers
• Risk Strategists
• Senior Managers
• Legal Professionals

Master Class Leader - Prof Brian O’Kelly

Brian O’Kelly is Adjunct Professor of Finance at Dublin City University and Programme Director of its MSc in Investment, Treasury and Banking. He has engineering and MBA degrees from UCD, and MSc in Investment and Treasury and PhD degrees from DCU. His PhD thesis was on the valuation of Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDO). 

Brian has worked in the financial markets for over twenty years. His early experience was in commodity hedging with ESB, followed by a period as a full-time Finance lecturer at DCU. In 1999, he joined the risk management function at AIB Capital Markets where he worked on credit portfolio management, loan pricing, counterparty credit risk management and securitisation modelling. He moved to the corporate banking function in 2006 where he focused on ABS, portfolio tranche and margin lending activities.

In 2007, Brian left AIB Capital Markets and co-founded QED Equity, an IFSC-based private equity firm focusing on opportunities in banking and insurance. He consults widely to IFSC banks and central banks (national and international).

Brian has been a speaker at numerous conferences and has written many articles for financial journals.

Cancellations

The School of Professional Finance regret that we cannot accept cancellations made within 10 working days of
programme commencement date.

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