[Risk Management in Financial and Banking Institutions] Syllabus

[First Semester]   2018/2019

Instructor Information

Instructor	Email	Office Location & Hours
[Dr.Adel Qadamani]	[adelkadamani62@gmail.com]	[Location, Hours, Days]

General Information

Description

1- The concept of risk

2 - types

3. Management policies

4 - Methods of measurement

5. Practical cases and examples (how to reduce or avoid them)

  The challenges of globalization affecting banking risks (the emergence of the World Trade Organization, the emergence of multinational corporations, economic blocs, global banking mergers, the new global trend).

Expectations and Goals

1-           Identify the concept and types of risks.

2-           the management policies.

3-            their officials.

4-            their methods of measurement and evaluation

5-            practical examples of all types of risks, how to reduce or avoid them.

6-            identify the challenges of globalization that affect banking risks (the emergence of multinational corporations, , Global banking mergers, the new global trend towards global banks, financial innovations and securitization).

Language(s) of Instruction:       Arabic                       Textbook(s) Language(s): Arabic      

 

 

Course Materials

Required Text

- Risk Management in the Universities of Damascus and Daraa.

 

Course Schedule

	Week	Topic	Reading	Exercises
1		The emergence and evolution of risk in the banking environment
2		The concept of banking risk is a language and a term
3		Factors affecting banking risk
4		Sources of danger in commercial banks and their types
5		Contemporary examples of banks' failure
6		Types of bank risk (1)
7		Types of bank risks (2)
8		Types of bank risks (3)
9		Financial risk management and stages
10		Financial risk management methods
11		Basel Convention (1)
12		Basel Convention (2)
13		Basel Convention (3)
14		Governance and its importance in financial risk management
15		Operation status
16		Revision

Testing Schedule

test	Date	Subject	Reading	Type	language	% of final grade
Quizz 1	27/10			MCQ/written	Arabic	10
Quizz 2	8/12			MCQ/written	Arabic	10
Activity	29/12					10
Final Exam	5/1/2019			MCQ/written	Arabic	70