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Corporate Governance is the system by which organizations are directed and controlled. It involves regulatory and market mechanisms, the relationships between an entity’s management, its board, its shareholders, and other stakeholders, as well as the goals for which the entity is governed. Corporate Governance, therefore, is about strategy as well as Risk Management. Compliance is a core function within a broader definition of risk management and control. Governance, Risk, and Compliance are very closely intertwined and are best presented in an integrated format in order to give business leaders the readily applicable tools to succeed.

By attending this course, you will understand: - that Central Banks have important public policy functions to fulfil. - that Risk management in central banking operations is crucial to achieving policy goals. - what governance of a central bank means and how it is achieved. The course will wrap with a summary of the key learning points, followed by an action planning exercise with a view to apply the acquired knowledge and skills immediately upon your return to work. Post-course support is also available in relation to the implementation of your action plan, up to six (6) months following course completion.

This course covers pension actuarial funding methods and the use of life contingencies. It discusses computations under each method and its use in pension plans worldwide. Actuarial commutation functions are described and applied to calculations. Alternative forms of pension payments are also discussed.

As organisations grow larger, so do concerns about the complexities of business processes and the risk of falling standards. Governance, compliance and risk management processes play a key role in making sure a company meets its legal requirements, upholds ethics and maintains the integrity of its products. This course discusses the responsibilities of the compliance department and explains how to build an effective risk management system.

The Course on Operational Risks of Reputational, Residual and Strategic Financial Leverage is structured into two half-day classroom sessions lasting three hours. The teaching of the Course includes an important pragmatic activity with the practical analysis of real cases, proposed by the students themselves, and subject to plenary analysis and discussion or exercise guided by the teacher.

Business ventures are always at risk. Such risks can include decision-making risks, estimation, and planning risks, processes, and procedures, etc.

It provides a clear treatment of the scope and limitations of mean-variance portfolio theory and introduces popular modern risk measures. Proofs are given in detail, assuming only modest mathematical background, but with attention to clarity and rigour.

Employers across many industries are seeking trained specialists to promote healthier and safer workplaces. Build your knowledge and health and safety skills, including managing risk, accident prevention, safety audits, work refusals, and industrial hygiene tests. You’ll also join students from Lambton and Seneca Colleges online for many core courses.

Financial risks are generally classified into market risks. Due to movement in financial prices, credit risks, liquidity risks, cash flow constraints and operational risks which arise from human or technical problems. The course will cover measurement techniques for different types of financial risks and instruments. Describe the financial risk and investment management. Identify the various investment strategies.

There is a growing need for geologists all over the world who can do, using modern, quantitative and interdisciplinary technologies, the critical challenges of the Earth future, such as: Ensure water quality and quantity, Identify and recover energy and mineral resources, Minimize the impact of natural hazards to help ensure safer, more resilient communities.

Development finance has the power to address critical issues in emerging market economies. The UCT GSB Postgraduate Diploma in Development Finance provides a comprehensive overview of trade finance, banking, and finance in emerging markets, public-private partnerships, environmental finance and sustainability, risk management in development finance institutions.

The world is digitizing in fifth gear. Organizations must be able to anticipate the potential risks and opportunities that this entails.

Faced with multi-faceted risks in recent months due to Covid-19, organisations must move quickly to turn these risks into opportunities to remain sustainable.

The Professional Diploma in Advanced Banking Risk Management is the market-leading risk management programme designed specifically for senior risk management professionals working in banking, funds, regulatory authorities, and those providing risk management advisory services.