Bank Recovery and Resolution Planning (BRRP)

Introduction:

Recovery and resolution are two critical international work streams that address the risks posed by globally systemically important financial institutions. This Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) course aims to cover the key issues, tools, and techniques used to create and manage an RRP and the real-life challenges financial institutions face in the RRP process.

Recovery and Resolution Planning (RRP) rules are being implemented globally following the credit crisis and subsequent government rescue of failing financial institutions. These rules require banks, building societies, and investment firms to produce a Recovery plan and Resolution pack.

What is the Bank Recovery and Resolution Planning (BRRP)?

Bank Recovery and Resolution Planning (BRRP) is a critical framework for ensuring financial stability by preparing banks to manage potential crises effectively. It encompasses strategies and procedures designed to mitigate risks and manage distress situations within financial institutions. BRRP focuses on establishing robust mechanisms that enable banks to recover from financial distress without disrupting financial markets or requiring taxpayer bailouts.

This planning involves comprehensive assessments, contingency measures, and regulatory compliance to safeguard depositor funds and maintain market confidence. BRRP training equips banking professionals with the necessary skills to navigate complex scenarios and uphold financial stability through proactive planning and decisive action.

Targeted Groups:

• Board Members.
• Chief Financial Officers (CFOs).
• Risk Managers.
• Personnel and executives working for the internal audit or compliance department.
• Financial analysts.
• Credit analysts.
• Liquidity specialists.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this bank recovery and resolution planning (BRRP) course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the building blocks of crisis preparedness and management.
• Identify weak banks and devise strategies for dealing with them.
• Pinpoint key design features of effective resolution regimes and options for enhancement.
• Operational preparedness.
• Identify stabilization options in response to financial panic and design credible.
• Strategies for bank restructuring and resolution at an individual and system-wide level.
• Compare options for dealing with distressed assets.
• Explain the building blocks of crisis preparedness and management.
• Identify weak banks and devise strategies for dealing with them.
• Pinpoint key design features of effective resolution regimes and options for enhancing operational preparedness.
• Identify stabilization options in response to financial panic and design credible.
• Strategies for bank restructuring and resolution at an individual and system-wide level.
• Compare options for dealing with distressed assets.

Targeted Competencies:

Upon the end of this bank recovery and resolution planning (BRRP) training, participants' competencies will:

• Understand regulatory requirements for BRRP implementation.
• Assess systemic risks and identify potential triggers for bank distress.
• Develop contingency plans and recovery strategies.
• Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis.
• Collaborate with regulatory bodies and stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively during crises.

Course Content:

Unit 1: Introduction – Bank Resolution within the SRM:

• Background and fundamentals.
• The logistics and economics of (systemic) bank insolvency.
• Policy developments since the global financial crisis.

Unit 2: The BRRD and the SRMR:

• Institutional Framework.
• Recovery and Resolution Planning.
• Resolution Action and Funding.
• The interplay between European and national levels and the role of national insolvency legislation for less significant institutions.

Unit 3: Structure, Key Principles and Resolution Tools:

• Overview and Objectives.
• Resolution and the "Resolution Tools."
• Resolution Funding.
• Cross-border coordination of resolution actions.

Unit 4: Recovery planning: a Banking industry perspective:

• The Role of Planning.
• Iterative interactions with stakeholders and regulators.
• Ongoing governance in recovery planning.

Unit 5: Improving the usability of recovery plans:

• Overall recovery capacity.
• Playbooks and dry runs.
• Interlinkages between recovery and resolution plans.

Unit 6: Resolution Planning: A Practitioner Perspective:

• Resolution planning and resolution plans.
• General conditions for effective resolution planning.
• Content of resolution plans and related processes.
• Interaction and interdependencies between supervision and resolution.
• Cross-border cooperation and why it should work.

Unit 7: Selected aspects of resolution planning: insight, results & challenges:

• Resolvability Assessment and removal of (potential) impediments.
• Operational and financial continuity.
• Separability analysis and business reorganization planning.
• Communication Concept.
• Resolution readiness through dry runs and best practices.

Unit 8: Final resolution case and with all the elements together:

• The sequence of events in a resolution case.
• Who is doing what and when: from "Business as Usual" to "Orderly Wind down"?