Bank Restructuring and Resolution (BR)
This course, presented by the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, provides a comprehensive overview of conceptual and operational issues related to the restructuring and resolution of weak and failing banks. Among the topics discussed during the course are:
- identification and supervision of weak banks: common causes of banking problems and how to identify them, as well as early intervention tools and supervisory approaches for dealing with weak banks;
- operational preparedness: institutional foundations of the financial safety net and inter-agency coordination; building blocks of effective resolution regimes (guided by the Financial Stability Board’s Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes); recovery and resolution planning; initiatives to test operational preparedness; and the role of deposit insurance and depositor preference;
- crisis containment: liquidity support, government guarantees, and exceptional administrative measures to stop persistent liquidity outflows;
- bank restructuring and resolution: initiation of resolution proceedings; resolution options for systemically important and non-systemic banks; cross-border resolution; system-wide diagnostics and restructuring strategies; and policy considerations and instruments for public capital support;
- dealing with distressed assets: market failures and policy reforms; approaches for resolving nonperforming loans—supervisory policies, insolvency and debt enforcement, distressed asset markets and the role of asset management companies.
Target Audience
Mid-level to senior officials in central banks, regulatory agencies, supervisory authorities, ministries of finance, deposit insurance funds, and other agencies with responsibility for bank supervision, bank resolution, and the operation of financial sector safety nets.
Qualifications
Participants are expected to have experience in bank supervision, bank resolution (policy issues or operational experience) and/or depositor protection.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the building blocks of crisis preparedness and management.
- Identify weak banks and devise strategies for dealing with them.
- Pinpoint key design features of effective resolution regimes and options for enhancing operational preparedness.
- Identify stabilization options in response to financial panic and design credible strategies for bank restructuring and resolution at an individual and system-wide level.
- Compare options for dealing with distressed assets.
Upcoming Offering
Start date | End date | Location | Delivery Method | Session No. | Primary & (Interpretation) language | Apply |
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October 27, 2025 | October 31, 2025 | Shenzhen, China | In-person Training | CT 25.16 | English | Apply online by August 31, 2025 |
March 29, 2026 | April 2, 2026 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | In-person Training | CE 26.11 | English (Arabic) | Apply online by January 29, 2026 |
April 6, 2026 | April 10, 2026 | Singapore, Singapore | In-person Training | ST 26.06 | English | Apply online by November 7, 2025 |
Institutional Sector Accounts (ISAx)
English | April 3, 2025 - July 10, 2025 | Online Training | Course conducted online
Apply online by June 26, 2025
Financial Market Infrastructures: Principles and Practices (FMI-PP)
English | November 17-21, 2025 | In-person Training | Singapore, Singapore
Apply online by June 27, 2025
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Analysis with DSGE Models (DSGE)
English | September 29, 2025 - October 10, 2025 | In-person Training | Vienna, Austria
Apply online by June 29, 2025
Financial Crisis Management (FCM)
English | September 15-24, 2025 | In-person Training | Vienna, Austria
Apply online by June 29, 2025
Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)
English (Russian) | September 22, 2025 - October 3, 2025 | In-person Training | Vienna, Austria
Apply online by June 29, 2025