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Only 2 days
Classroom
04/02/2025 (Tuesday)
Overview
On this accelerated GARP Foundations of Financial Risk (FFR) course, you will learn all the concepts and principles of financial risk and risk management and how to implement the practices into your business.
In just 2 days, you’ll build knowledge on key topics like credit, market, operational risk, insurance risk, and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s regulatory principles (Basel Accords). You’ll also learn about:
- Governance structures for the management of risk in a financial institution
- The regulatory requirements provided by the Basel Committee on banking supervision
At the end of this course, you’ll sit the GARP FFR exam, and achieve your GARP Foundations of Financial Risk certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.
Audience
This course is ideal if you have experience in risk, compliance, treasury, financial IT, operations, trading, auditing, commercial/retail banking, and insurance.
It is also ideal if you:
- Work in the financial services industry
- Are involved in support, front, middle and back-office staff, including IT, Audit, and HR
Curriculum
- Module 1: Functions and Forms of Banking
- Module 2: Managing Banks
- Module 3: Banking Regulation
- Module 4: Credit Risk
- Module 5: Credit Risk Management
- Module 6: Market Risk
- Module 7: Operational Risk
- Module 8: Regulatory Capital and Supervision
- Module 9: Insurance Risk
Exam Track
At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:
GARP Foundations of Financial Risk exam
- Duration: 2 hours
- Number of questions: 70
- Format: Multiple-choice
- Passing score: 49/70 (70%)
Prerequisites
Before attending this accelerated course, you should have 1-3 years' experience in risk, compliance, treasury, financial IT, operations, trading, auditing, commercial/retail banking, and insurance.
What's Included
Your accelerated course includes:
- Accommodation *
- Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
- On-site exams **
- Exam vouchers **
- Practice tests **
- Certification Guarantee ***
- Courseware
- Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
- 24-hour lab access
- Digital courseware **
* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.
Benefits
Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training
- Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
- You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
- Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
- Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
- You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
- You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
- You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals
*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
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