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Two new online video based courses – The Stress Testing, ALM and Capital Adequacy Crash Course and the shorter and more cost effective ALM and Capital Adequacy Crash Course are live and available for purchase.

In over six hours of video based instruction the two courses cover the following topics

The Stress Testing, ALM and Capital Adequacy Crash Course

1. The need for stress testing
2. Stress testing capital
3. Stress testing methodology
   1. Price Risk
   2. Credit Risk
   3. Interest Rate mismatch & ALM
   4. ALM reports and extending them

Annexure and related topics

1. Using Value at Risk – the Value at risk course
2. Understanding Capital
3. Understanding Capital Adequacy
4. Understanding Duration and Convexity

The ALM and Capital Adequacy Crash Course

1. Introduction to ALM
2. Interest Rate mismatch & ALM
3. ALM reports and extensions
4. Evolution of Capital Adequacy requirements
5. A review of ICAAP (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process) and Basel II (III) – Liquidity risk adjustments

Annexure and related topics

1. Using Value at Risk – the Value at risk course
2. Understanding Duration & Convexity