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CAIIB Risk Management Syllabus 2025: The CAIIB Risk Management elective paper is an important component for banking professionals aiming to deepen their expertise in managing financial uncertainties. The syllabus of risk management deals with risk identification, assessment, and mitigation within the banking sector. Structured across five comprehensive modules, it encompasses key areas such as Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Market Risk, Asset Liability Management (ALM), and the strategic frameworks guiding risk policies. This syllabus not only comprises global standards like Basel III but also integrates RBI's regulatory guidelines, ensuring that candidates can understand the complexities of modern banking risk landscapes.

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CAIIB Risk Management Syllabus 2025

Here is the CAIIB risk management syllabus 2025 that has 6 modules as given below:

  1. Module A - Risk and Risk Management Framework
  2. Module B - Credit Risk
  3. Module C - Market Risk
  4. Module D - Operational Risk
  5. Module E - Basel and RBI Guidelines on Risk Management
  6. Module F - Derivatives and Risk Management

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CAIIB Risk Management Syllabus 2025 PDF - Module A - Risk and Risk Management Framework

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CAIIB Risk Management syllabus 2025 -  Module A -  Risk and Risk Management Framework
Why Banks are Special Functions Banks Perform, Bank’s Role in the Economy, Other Uniqueness of Banks
Risks and Risk Management in Banks What is Risk?, Definition of Risk, Risk in Banks, Business Risk vs Control Risk, Financial Risk vs Non-Financial Risk, Interconnectedness Among Banking Risks, Recent Developments Connected with Risk Management, Banking Reforms in India, New Trends in Indian Banking System, Risk Management Going Ahead, Various Types of Risks Faced by a Bank, Non-Financial Risks
Risk Management Framework Lessons from Crisis, Benefits of Risk Management, Risk Management Concept, Risk Management Approach, Risk Culture, Risk Management Architecture, Elements of Risk Management Framework, Organisational Structure, Risk Management Policy, Risk Appetite, Risk Limits, Risk Identification Process, Risk Measurement, Risk Mitigation, Risk Monitoring and Risk Control, Management Information System, Enterprise Risk Management, Events-Risk and Opportunity, Enterprise Risk Management Defined, Achievement of Objectives, Components of Enterprise Risk Management, Relationship of Objectives and Components, Effectiveness, Encompasses Internal Control
Asset Liability Management and Interest Rate Risk in Banking Book What is ALM?, Objectives of ALM, ALM Process, Interest Rate Risk, Duration GAP Analysis, Measurement System Reports, Stress Testing, Back Testing, Interest Rate Risk Mitigation
Liquidity Risk Management What is liquidity?, Liquidity and solvency, Forms of liquidity risk, Liquidity Management, Factors contributing to liquidity risk, Liquidity risk and Balance Sheet, Risk Management framework for Liquidity Risk, Identification and measurement of liquidity risk

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CAIIB Risk Management Syllabus 2025 - Module B - Credit Risk

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CAIIB Risk Management syllabus 2025 - Module B -  Credit Risk
Credit Risk Management Framework What is Credit Risk?, Obligor (or) Borrower Level Risk vs Portfolio Risk, Systematic vs Unsystematic Risk, Need for Credit Risk Management Framework, Credit Risk Culture, Building Blocks of Credit Risk Management, Strategy, Financial Goals, Risk Appetite, Portfolio Risk and Reward, Loan Policy, Due Diligence Process, Loan Approval Process, Limits on Aggregate Loans and Commitments., Underwriting Criteria, Exceptions to Credit Policy, Organization Structure
Obligor/Borrower Risk Business Risk (or) Operating Risk, Financial Risk, Interaction between Business Risk and Financial Risk, Different Risk Levels, Sources of External Risk, Industry Risk Analysis, Entity Level Risk, Financial Risk
Credit Rating System What is Credit Rating?, Usefulness of Rating System for Banks, Features of Internal Credit Rating System, Rating Exercise and Rating Assignment, Rating by External Rating Agencies
Portfolio Credit Risk Systematic Risk, Unsystematic/ idiosyncratic/Diversifiable Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risks
Credit Risk Models Uses of Credit Models, Types of Models
Measurement of Credit Risk Probability of Default (PD), Methods for Estimating PD, Exposure at Default, Loss Given Default (LGD), Portfolio Assessment of Credit Risk, Risk Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC), Application of the Concept of Economic Capital in RAROC Model, Uses of RAROC, Risk Based Pricing, Methods of RiskBased Pricing
Credit Derivatives What is a Credit Derivative?, Protection Buyer, Protection Seller, Advantages to the Protection Buyer, Advantages to the Protection Seller, Credit Events, Payout, Credit Default Swap, Total Return Swap (TRS), Credit Options, Credit-Linked Notes

CAIIB Risk Management Syllabus 2025 - Module C - Market Risk

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CAIIB Risk Management syllabus 2025 - Module C -  Market Risk
Market Risk What is Market Risk?, Trading Portfolio in a Bank, Interest Rate Risk, Equity Price Risk, Foreign Ex- change Risk, Commodity Price Risk, Liquidity Risk, Credit and Counterparty Risks, Model Risk, Market Risk Management Framework, Organizational Structure to Manage Market Risk, Organizational Structure for Trading Activity, Risk Management Strategy, Policies and Procedures
Fixed Income Securities What is a Bond?, Government of India in the Bond Market, Bond Market in India, Bond Valuation
Measurement of Interest Rate Risk Measurement of Interest Rate risk, Sensitivity approach, Price value of a Basis point method, Computation of portfolio PVBP, Hedging using basis point value, Other uses of PVBP, Duration, Definition of duration, Properties of duration, Portfolio duration, Modified Duration and Price elasticity of interest rate, Price volatility characteristics of Bonds, Convexity, Bond portfolio management
Value at Risk Historical background, Definitions of VaR, Assumptions for calculation of VaR, Building blocks of VaR, VaR methodology, Comparison of different methodologies to compute VaR, Comparative advantages and disadvantages of various methods to compute VaR, Limitations of VaR, Extreme Value Theory, Stress Test, Back testing of VaR models

CAIIB Risk Management Syllabus 2025 - Module D - Operational Risk

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CAIIB Risk Management syllabus 2025 - Module D -  Operational Risk
Operational Risk and Operational Risk Management Framework Developments Giving Rise to Increasing Operational Risk, Peculiarity of Operational Risk, Definition of Operational Risk, Operational Risk Culture, Operational Risk Organizational Framework, Policy Guidelines and Strategic Approach, Operational Risk Identification Process, Assessment of Operational Risk
Collection of Internal Loss Data and External Loss Data Collection of Loss Data, Minimum Loss Data Standard, Specific Criteria on Loss Data Identification, Collection and Treatment, Near-Misses and Opportunity Costs, External Loss Data, Root-Cause Analysis
Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) & Key Risk Indicator (KRI) RCSA Process, Defining Inherent Risk, Study of Effectiveness of Control, Computation of Risk Zone, Color-Coded Risk Levels, Key Risk Indicators, Various Forms of KRI, Selecting KRIs, Risk Appetite, Scenario Analysis, Uses of KRIs
Technology Risk Basic Principles of Information Security, Information Security Governance, Organizational Structure, Roles and Responsibilities, Critical Components of Information Security, Security Measures Against Malware, Patch Management, Change Management, Audit Trails, Information Security Reporting and Metrics, In- formation Security and Critical Service Providers/Vendors, Network Security, Remote Access, Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS/DoS), Implementation of ISO 27001 Information Security Management System, Wireless Security, Business Continuity Considerations, Information Security Assurance, General Information Regarding Delivery Channels, Emerging Technologies and Information Security, Implementa tion of Recommendations of the Working Group on Information Security,Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds
Corporate Governance Corporate Governance Definition, Corporate Governance – Banking Industry Perspective, Basel Commit- tee and Corporate Governance, Importance of Risk Management in Corporate Governance, Benchmarking Risk Governance
Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance Climate Situation in India, Basel Committee and Climate Risk, Climate Risk, Unique Characteristics of Climate Change and Implication, Financial Risks Emerging from Climate Related Risk, Climate Risk Management Framework, Green Finance for Sustainable Development

CAIIB Risk Management Syllabus 2025 - Module E - Basel and RBI Guidelines on Risk Management

CAIIB Risk Management syllabus 2025 - Module E -  Basel and RBI Guidelines on Risk Management
Why Do Banks Need Regulation? Need for Regulation of Banks, Banking Regulation and Supervision, Banking Regulation and Supervision in India, Global Banking Regulation, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, The Concordat, Basel-I Accord, Basel Committee Amendment 1996, Basel II Accord
Global Financial Crisis and Basel III Regulatory Shortcomings and Regulatory Reform, Response of Basel Committee to Global Financial Crisis
Regulatory Capital and Capital Adequacy Bank Capital: An Accounting Residual, Why Bank Needs Capital, Should Regulator Prescribe Minimum Capital for Banks?, Basel III Capital Regulation, Standardized Approach - Capital Charge for Credit Risk, Off-Balance Sheet Items, Total Counterparty Risk, External Credit Assessments, Applicability of ‘Issue Rating’ to Issuer/Other Claims, Credit Risk Mitigation, Internal Rating Based Approach
Capital Allocation Against Market Risk Scope and Coverage of Capital Charge for Market Risks, Measurement of Capital Charge for Interest Rate Risk
Capital Charge for Operational Risk Definition of Operational Risk, The Measurement Methodologies, The Basic Indicator Approach, The Standardized Approach, Advanced Measurement Approach, Shortcomings of Present Approaches for Calculating Capital Requirement for Operational Risk, New Standardized Approach, Business Indicators, Risk Weighted Assets, Technical Guidance Note on Minimum Capital Requirements for Operational Risk
Supervisory Review Process and Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) Objective of Pillar 2 Supervisory Process, ICAAP Principles, Definitions, Coverage by ICAAP, The Structural Aspects of the ICAAP, Risk Appetite, Actual and Target Risk Structure, Identifying, Measuring, Monitoring and Reporting of Risk, Internal Control, Submission of the Outcome of the ICAAP to the Board and the RBI, ICAAP to be an Integral part of the Management and Decision-Making Culture, The Principle of Proportionality, Regular Independent Review and Validation, ICAAP to be a Forward-Looking Process, ICAAP to Include Stress Tests and Scenario Analyses, Identifying and Measuring Material Risks in ICAAP, Capital Planning, Capital Allocation
Stress Testing Stress Testing Part of ICAAP, Objective, Stress Testing Process, Sensitivity Analyses, Scenario Analyses, Reverse Stress Testing, Stress Testing Framework, Single Factor Stress Tests, Classification of Banks for the Purpose of Stress Testing, Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework for Scheduled Commercial Banks, Criteria for PCA
Market Discipline General, Definition, Achieving Appropriate Disclosure, Interaction with Accounting Disclosures, Validation, Materiality, Proprietary and Confidential Information, General Disclosure Principle, Regulatory Disclosure Section
Basel III Buffers, Liquidity Ratios, Leverage Ratio Objectives of Capital Buffers, Capital Conservation Buffer Framework, Counter - Cyclical Capital Buffer, Domestic Systemically Important Banks, Leverage Ratio, Liquidity Standards, Net Stable Funding Ratio
Risk Based Supervision Background, Reserve Bank of India Initiatives, Bank Supervision Process in India, Supervisory Approach, Features of an Effective bank Supervisory Framework, Benefits of Risk Based Supervision, Supervisory Methods/Tools
Risk Based Internal Audit What is Risk Based Auditing, Objective of Risk Based Internal Audit, Board and Management Oversight, Audit Policy, Functional Independence, Identification of Auditable Units, Conduct Risk Assessment, Risk Profile, Communication

CAIIB Risk Management Syllabus 2025 - Module F - Derivatives and Risk Management

CAIIB Risk Management syllabus 2025 - Module F -  Derivatives and Risk Management
Derivatives and Risk Management What is Derivative?, Features of Derivatives, Over the Counter vs Exchange Traded Derivative, Uses of Derivatives, Misuse of Derivative, Major Types of Derivatives, Long and Short Position, Derivative Markets in India
Forward Contract Definition and Characteristics, Advantage of Entering Forward Contract, Problems Associated with Forward Contract, Pay-off on a Forward Contract, Pricing the Underlying, Benefits and Costs of Holding Assets, The Concept of Price and Value of a Forward Contract, Forward Rate Agreement
Futures What is a Futures Contract?, Futures Contract vs Forward Contract, Performance of contract, The Clearing House, Margin A/c, Relationship between Spot Price and Future Price, Delivery, Cash Settlement, Pricing of Future Contracts, Contango vs Normal Backwardation, Interest Rate Future
Options Definition, Option Terminology, Call Option, Put Option, Pricing of Option, Interest Rate Options
SWAP Definition, Characteristics of SWAP, SWAP Terminology, Types of SWAP, Interest Rate Swap, Calculating Interest Rate Swap Cash Flows, Uses of Interest Rate Swap, Swaptions

APPENDIX: STATISTICAL CONCEPTS

Statistical Measures

Frequency Distribution, Measures of Central Tendency, Measures of Dispersion, Measures of Skewness, Measures of Kurtosis, Measures of Correlation, Measures of Regression, Expected Return, Average of Ratios, Risk, Average Growth Rate, Portfolio Diversification, Beta, Performance Evaluation
Probability Theory Probability, Conditional Probability, Random Variable, Distribution Function, Expectation and Standard De- viation, Binomial Distribution, Poisson Distribution, Normal Distribution, Credit Risk, Value at Risk (VaR), Option Valuation

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Q. Is risk management a compulsory paper in CAIIB?

No. Risk management is one of the elective papers in CAIIB.

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