The Blockchain Revolution: Decoding Digital Currencies
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Explain how a blockchain-based cryptocurrency system works and compare cryptocurrencies to conventional money and payment systems. Describe elements of a decentralized finance structure, including smart contracts, tokenized assets, decentralized autonomous organizations,…
The Future Monetary System
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Identify and describe the benefits and limitations of crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi) innovations. Describe the role of stablecoins in DeFi ecosystems and differentiate among the types of stablecoins. Discuss possible…
Climate-Related Financial Risks – Measurement Methodologies
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe the main issues in identifying and measuring climate-related financial risks. Identify unique data needs inherent in the climate-related risks and describe candidate methodologies that could be used to analyze these…
Inflation: a Look under the Hood
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe how inflation dynamics differ between a low-inflation regime and a high-inflation regime. Explain the process of wage and price formation, the role inflation plays in this process, and vice versa….
Artificial Intelligence Risk & Governance
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Identify and discuss the categories of potential risks associated with the use of AI by financial firms and describe the risks that are considered under each category. Describe the four core…
The Future Monetary System
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Identify and describe the benefits and limitations of crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi) innovations. Describe the role of stablecoins in DeFi ecosystems and differentiate among the types of stablecoins. Discuss possible…
Principles for the Effective Management and Supervision of Climate-related Financial Risks
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe the principles for the management of climate-related financial risks related to corporate governance and internal control framework. Describe the principles for the management of climate-related financial risks related to capital…
Machine Learning and AI for Risk Management
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Explain the distinctions between the two broad categories of machine learning and describe the techniques used within each category. Analyze and discuss the application of AI and machine learning techniques in…
Climate-related Risk Drivers and their Transmission Channels
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe climate-related risk drivers and explain how those drivers give rise to different types of risks for banks. Compare physical and transition risk drivers related to climate change. Assess the potential…
LIBOR Transition Case Studies for Navigating Conduct Risks
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Discuss regulatory expectations on LIBOR transition and how these expectations can help market participants in their management of conduct risk arising from the transition. Analyze the risks of LIBOR transition from…
