When a funding crunch hits, the gap between banks that survive comfortably and banks that scramble for cash almost always comes down to one thing: how seriously liquidity risk was managed before the crisis started. Recent turmoil across financial institutions has exposed just how fragile some liquidity frameworks really are, pushing regulators and boards alike to demand tighter oversight of cash positions and funding sources.

This training course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy is built around that reality. It walks participants through practical tools for monitoring liquidity, comparing financing strategies, and putting together a contingency funding plan that actually holds up when markets get tight.

Who Should Attend?

• Risk and treasury officers in financial and regulatory institutions.
• Employees of central, commercial and investment banks.
• Housing associations and investment fund staff.
• Stock exchange and insurance company professionals.
• Multinational corporations and rating agencies staff.
• Accounting, consulting and legal firms serving the financial sector.
• Multilateral financial institution representatives.
• Anyone looking to build practical skills in liquidity oversight.

What You Will Gain:

• Set up, monitor and control liquidity in a structured way.
• Weigh the costs and benefits of different liquidity strategies against each other.
• Compare liquidity challenges across wholesale and retail institutions.
• Distinguish between liquidity financing and liquidity trading approaches.
• Examine institutional liquidity files alongside credit, market and operational risk.
• Build and evaluate credible contingency (emergency) financing plans.

Module 1: Why Liquidity Crises Still Catch Banks Off Guard

• The strategic importance of liquidity in banks and financial institutions.
• Lessons from recent liquidity crises: case studies.
• How credit, market and operational risk feed into liquidity exposure.

Module 2: Building a Liquidity Control and Monitoring Framework

• Tools and techniques for controlling and monitoring liquidity.
• Current bank policies in liquidity management.
• Liquidity measurement systems and practical techniques.

Module 3: Asset-Liability Management and Cash Optimization

• The role of liquidity in managing assets and liabilities.
• Increasing the amount of cash held by the bank.
• Debt and asset management and their impact on cash position.
• Credit practices, receivables and payables.
• Sales, distribution, purchasing, inventory, production and operations.

Module 4: Choosing Between Liquidity Financing and Liquidity Trading

• Trade-offs between the costs and benefits of different liquidity strategies.
• Comparing liquidity challenges between wholesale and retail institutions.
• The difference between liquidity financing and liquidity trading.
• Liquidity trading risks.

Module 5: From Liquidity Files to a Working Contingency Funding Plan

• Why studying liquidity files in institutions matters.
• Means of developing liquidity management in institutions.
• How to prepare a successful emergency financing plan.
• Evaluating emergency financing plans.