Objectives On completion of this tutorial, you will be able to:

• Define some key risk concepts and the major risk types
• Identify the types of activity that give rise to risk in banking and the factors that influence risk exposure and risk profiles
• Recognize the main criteria for successful risk management and distinguish between top-down and bottom-up risk management

Tutorial Overview Banks must accept risk in order to achieve their business objectives. But accepting risk means that it must be monitored and managed over time, something that has become more challenging for banks in recent times. This tutorial provides a high-level overview of risk management practices in banking today. Prerequisite Knowledge Risk - Primer Tutorial Level: Introductory Tutorial Duration: 75 minutes