RM articles
Fresh articles on syllabus changes, RBI policy moves, and high-yield revision tactics — written for working bankers who study after office hours.
Standardised Approach for Operational Risk Capital under Basel III (SMA)
Every bank operating Under Basel III must set aside capital for operational risk — losses from failed processes, internal fr...
Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process for IIBF Exams
The internal capital adequacy assessment process is a bank's own, Board-owned answer to one question: how much capital does this b...
RAROC Based Loan Pricing: How Banks Price Risk-Adjusted Rates
Not every loan that clears the credit committee is actually worth booking. A bank can price two loans at the same headline rate an...
Expected Shortfall Risk Measure Explained: A Complete IIBF Guide
Every candidate preparing for the IIBF Risk Management certificate eventually runs into a hard question: why has the expected shor...
Credit Conversion Factor in Basel Norms: IIBF RM Guide
Every non-fund based facility a bank sanctions — a letter of credit, a bank guarantee, an undrawn loan commitment — sits off the b...
Value at Risk Calculation Methods for Bank Risk Management
Every bank risk manager eventually has to answer one question in plain numbers: how much can we lose tomorrow if markets move agai...
Bilateral Netting of Derivatives: IIBF Risk Management Guide
Two banks with two hundred open swaps between them can owe each other almost nothing on a net basis and a very large sum on a gros...
Monte Carlo Simulation in Risk Management for Banks (IIBF)
A bank's risk book rarely collapses into a neat closed-form formula. Once your portfolio holds options, structured deposits, prepa...
Three Lines of Defense Model in Bank Risk Management
Every bank regulator conversation about who is accountable when a control fails eventually circles back to one idea: the three lin...
Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process Under Basel Pillar 2 (IIBF RM)
The supervisory review and evaluation process is the engine room of Basel Pillar 2. It is how the Reserve Bank checks whether a ba...
Option Greeks in Risk Management: Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta
Option greeks in risk management are the sensitivity numbers that tell a bank exactly how much an option position gains or loses w...
Market Risk Limits in Banks: Types, Setting & Monitoring 2026
Every treasury desk that runs a trading book operates inside a wall of numbers it cannot cross. Market risk limits in banks are th...