Bank Resolution (BR)
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- Session: PT 26.09
- Location: Asuncion, Paraguay
- Dates: October 19-23, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Spanish
- Status: New dates
Invitation and Delivery
- Session No.: PT 26.09
- Location: Asuncion, Paraguay
- Date: October 19-23, 2026 (1 week) New dates
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Spanish
Qualifications and Target Audience
- Participants are expected to have experience in bank resolution (policy issues or operational experience), depositor protection, or bank supervision.
- Target Audience:
- Mid-level to senior officials at resolution authorities, central banks, regulatory and supervisory agencies, ministries of finance, deposit insurance funds, and other agencies with responsibility for components of a financial safety net.
Course Description — Topics Covered
- The course comprehensively discusses conceptual and operational issues related to the resolution of weak and failing banks. Among the topics discussed during the course are:
- weak banks: common causes of banking problems;
- operational preparedness: institutional foundations of a financial safety net and inter-agency coordination;
- building blocks of effective resolution regimes;
- recovery and resolution planning;
- testing operational readiness;
- the role of a deposit insurance fund;
- crisis containment: liquidity support; government guarantees; and exceptional measures to stop persistent liquidity outflows;
- bank resolution: initiation of resolution proceedings; resolution options for systemically important and non-systemic banks; cross-border resolution; and policy considerations and instruments for public capital support;
- distressed assets: supervisory policies, approaches for resolving nonperforming loans (insolvency and debt restructuring, enforcement of creditor rights), and the role of asset management companies.
Course Objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the key building blocks of crisis preparedness and management.
- Benchmark their national bank resolution frameworks against international good practices.
- Identify the main elements of effective bank resolution and crisis management strategies.
- Identify and compare options for dealing with distressed assets.
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