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Bank Risk Manager Kit

Risk appetite statement, KRIs, ICAAP, ILAAP, stress testing, IRRBB, market risk limits, VaR backtesting, RCSA, loss events, contingency funding and recovery plans.

Step 1

Review and governance

  1. Risk Appetite Statement Template (Bank RAF, FSB, EBA)

    Full

    Bank RAS: risk capacity, qualitative statements, Level 1 metrics with appetite, tolerance and limit, cascade, monitoring, breach escalation, use test

    FSB RAF Principles 2013; EBA/GL/2021/05; 12 CFR 30 App. D
  2. Key Risk Indicator (KRI) Framework Template

    Full

    KRI framework: selection criteria, KRI record fields, catalogue, RAG thresholds and calibration, link to RAS, data lineage, reporting, escalation, review

    BCBS PSMOR 2021; FSB RAF Principles 2013; DORA (EU) 2022/2554
Step 2

Assessments

  1. ICAAP Report Template (Pillar 2, CRD Art. 73, ECB Guide)

    Full

    Bank ICAAP report: capital adequacy statement, risk inventory, normative and economic perspectives, capital plan, adverse and reverse stress, buffers, actions

    CRD Art. 73; CRR3; ECB Guide to the ICAAP (July 2026); EBA/GL/2016/10; EBA/GL/2026/06
  2. ILAAP Report Template (CRD Art. 86, LCR, NSFR, Survival Horizon)

    Full

    Bank ILAAP report: liquidity adequacy statement, appetite, funding plan, risk drivers, LCR and NSFR worked example, stress tests, survival horizon, CBC, FTP

    CRD Art. 86; CRR Arts 412, 413, 428a+; Delegated Reg. (EU) 2015/61; ECB Guide to the ILAAP (2018); EBA/GL/2016/10
  3. Bank Stress Testing Programme Template (EBA/GL/2018/04)

    Full

    Bank stress testing programme: governance, test inventory, scenario design, macro variables, methods by risk, results, actions, reverse stress test, use

    EBA/GL/2018/04; CRD Arts 73, 86, 100; EBA/GL/2026/06; BCBS Stress testing principles 2018 (name only)
  4. IRRBB Policy and Report Template (EVE, NII, Supervisory Outlier Test)

    Full

    IRRBB and CSRBB policy and report: limits, behavioural assumptions, EVE and NII, six-shock outlier test, internal scenarios, hedging

    CRD Arts 84, 98(5); Delegated Regs (EU) 2024/856, 2024/857; EBA/GL/2022/14; BCBS IRRBB (names)
Step 3

Monitoring

  1. Market Risk Limit Framework Template (VaR, ES, Stop-Loss)

    Full

    Trading book scope and desks, three-level limit hierarchy, VaR/ES/SVaR/sensitivity definitions, calibration, limit schedule, excess states, stop-loss, FRTB status

    CRR (EU) 575/2013 as amended by CRR3; Basel Framework MAR (chapter IDs)
  2. VaR Backtesting Report Template (Kupiec, PLA Test)

    Full

    Hypothetical and actual P&L, exception list and root causes, zone, Kupiec and Christoffersen tests, multiplier effect, desk-level backtesting and PLA, actions

    CRR (EU) 575/2013 Art. 366; Basel Framework MAR32 (chapter ID)
Step 4

Operations

  1. Operational Risk RCSA Template (Basel, DORA)

    Full

    Operational risk RCSA: scope, scales, process inventory, inherent risks by Basel event type, controls, residual vs appetite, actions, KRIs, losses, resilience

    BCBS PSMOR 2021; BCBS Operational Resilience 2021; DORA (EU) 2022/2554
  2. Operational Loss Event Report Template (Basel, CRR3, DORA)

    Full

    Event summary, Basel event type and business line, key dates, gross loss, recoveries and net loss, root cause, failed controls, boundary events, DORA link

    CRR3 (Reg. (EU) 2024/1623) loss data; Basel OPE25 (names); DORA Art. 19
Step 5

Respond and estimate

  1. Contingency Funding Plan Template (Bank Liquidity, CRD Art. 86)

    Full

    Bank CFP: early-warning indicators, stress stages, survival horizon, counterbalancing capacity, central bank readiness, playbook, testing

    CRD Art. 86; Interagency Policy Statement (SR 10-6) and 2023 CFP addendum; 12 CFR 252.34(f) mapped as benchmark
  2. Bank Recovery Plan Template (BRRD Articles 5 to 9)

    Full

    Bank recovery plan: escalation, strategic analysis, recovery indicators, options and feasibility, scenarios, overall recovery capacity, playbook

    BRRD Arts 5-9; Delegated Reg (EU) 2016/1075; EBA/GL/2021/11; EBA/GL/2023/06