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AIB Managing Interest Rate Risk

AIB Course Code: 7811

Course Length: 8 weeks

Course Description:
This course provides participants with the tools to measure and manage their bank's interest rate risk

Audience:
Managing Interest Rate Risk is a rigorous course designed for individuals involved in asset liability management or line managers making pricing, investment, or funding decisions that impact interest rate risk.

Learning Objectives:
After successfully completing this program, you will be able to:
  • Understand the mechanics of valuing cash flows including duration and price sensitivity
  • Identify the determinants of the overall level of interest rates
  • Use static GAP analysis to measure interest rate risk
  • Use duration gap to measure interest rate risk
  • Assess the impact on interest rate risk of various pricing, investment, and funding decisions
  • Use a range of derivatives to manage interest rate risk including futures, forwards,
      interest rate swaps, caps, floors, and collars
  • Apply all of these concepts to the management of interest rate risk in their own institution

Textbook:
Bank Management, 6th Edition, by Timothy W. Koch and S. Scott MacDonald, Thomson Learning 2005. If you already have a copy of the textbook, be sure to register for your next course using the “without textbook” option.

Course Credits: AIB: 2.0; CPE: 28.5

Prerequisites:
Participants should be familiar with the characteristics of financial instruments that appear on bank balance sheets.

Required Software: Microsoft Excel


OnLine Course InfoCourse
Code
Start
Date
End
Date
w\Textbook
• Mem $789     • NonMem $1019 3007001
3007052
11/14/11
03/12/12
01/22/12
05/06/12
w\o Textbook
• Mem $669     • NonMem $899 3007000
3007051
11/14/11
03/12/12
01/22/12
05/06/12

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