The FIG Banker includes

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The FIG Banker

| Micro-Degree

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Introduction to Bank Analysis

| Skills Certificate
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5.5

Hours

5

Topics

28

Practical exercises

1

Exam

Discover the inner workings of commercial and investment banking with our certified bank analysis course.

Intro to Banking

35 video minutes

3 excel exercises

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Video minutes 35

Excel Exercises 3

  • Comparing corporate and investment banking
  • Building a bank’s balance sheet
  • Building a bank’s income statement
  • Calculating return on equity for a bank

Banking - Financial Statement Fundamentals

53 video minutes

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Video minutes 53

Excel Exercises 0

  • Deconstructing a bank’s balance sheet
  • Financial instruments classification under US GAAP
  • Cash & cash equivalents definition
  • Repurchase agreements (Repos)
  • Securities borrowed and loans
  • Determining the fair value of financial instruments
  • Other bank balance sheet line items in detail

Expected Credit Losses

13 video minutes

6 excel exercises

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Video minutes 13

Excel Exercises 6

  • Understanding IFRS 9’s expected credit loss model
  • Calculating expected credit loss provisions for preforming loans, underperforming loans and loans with objective evidence of impairment
  • Identifying the accounting transactions required when posting expected credit loss provisions
  • Calculating gross and net interest after accounting for expected credit loss provisions

Deconstructing a Bank's Balance Sheet

23 video minutes

8 excel exercises

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Video minutes 23

Excel Exercises 8

  • Building a KPI suite for a real set of bank financial statements
  • Analysing Net Interest Income (NII) & Net Interest Margin (NIM)
  • Reviewing the efficiency ratio
  • Taking a deep dive into Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE)
  • Calculating the Loan-to-Deposit Ratio (LDR)
  • Appraising the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)
  • Constructing an analysis of the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)
  • Reviewing the Expected Credit Loss coverage ratio
  • Calculating the Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) ratio

Bank Regulations

67 video minutes

11 excel exercises

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Video minutes 67

Excel Exercises 11

  • Key objectives
  • Key tools
  • Recent initiatives
  • Regulatory bodies
  • Historical regulation
  • Basel, MiFid and Dodd-Frank
  • Stress testing
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Bank Modeling and Valuation

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3

Hours

3

Topics

20

Practical exercises

1

Exam

Make better informed investment decisions for your clients by mastering the relationship between bank performance and valuation.

Modeling a Simple Bank Model

29 video minutes

10 excel exercises

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Video minutes 29

Excel Exercises 10

  • Forecasting the balance sheet
  • Forecasting net interest income
  • Forecasting the income statement
  • Calculating risk weighted assets
  • Calculating required capital
  • Completing the model
  • Preparing for hand-off

Bank Valuation

28 video minutes

8 excel exercises

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Video minutes 28

Excel Exercises 8

  • Explore the relationship between bank performance and valuation
  • Calculate a bank’s market capitalization
  • Explore the relationship between growth, risk and returns

Dividend Discount Valuation

17 video minutes

2 excel exercises

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Video minutes 17

Excel Exercises 2

  • Understanding tier 1 capital assumptions
  • Calculating maximum dividends
  • Calculating terminal value
  • Discounting the dividends
  • Calculating equity value and cross checking with PE and Price to book value multiples
  • Comparing the implied multiple of the terminal value and the overall valuation
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Introduction to Insurance Analysis

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7

Hours

5

Topics

32

Practical exercises

1

Exam

Discover the main types of insurance business and products, how to understand and interpret company financials, and get to grips with industry regulation.

Insurance Industry Overview

35 video minutes

6 excel exercises

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Video minutes 35

Excel Exercises 6

  • The key terminology and products used in insurance
  • Calculating insurance revenues, costs and profits
  • A review of the global insurance market and sectors
  • Understanding and calculating life insurance benefits
  • Introducing the concept of reinsurance
  • A review of the main risks in insurance

Deconstructing Insurance Financial Statements

62 video minutes

10 excel exercises

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Video minutes 62

Excel Exercises 10

  • The key principals and methods used in insurance accounting
  • Calculating insurance premiums and reserves for P&C business
  • Understanding the modifications for life insurance accounting and its application for common types of policy
  • Understanding how the insurance balance sheet and income statement are linked
  • Calculating DAC asset and reinsurance reserves
  • Understanding the different classifications and accounting for investments
  • A review of the financial statements of a real insurance company

Insurance Regulations

19 video minutes

3 excel exercises

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Video minutes 19

Excel Exercises 3

  • An overview of the regulatory landscape
  • Detailed explanations of the Solvency II approach
  • Calculating capital requirements and ratios

Life Insurance Analysis

22 video minutes

4 excel exercises

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Video minutes 22

Excel Exercises 4

  • Understanding profit drivers in life insurance
  • Analyzing profitability and capital
  • A review of new business metrics

P&C Insurance Analysis

87 video minutes

9 excel exercises

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Video minutes 87

Excel Exercises 9

  • Income statement, with claims and expenses and the combined ratio, and underwriting profit
  • Claims reserves and their payout
  • Unearned premium reserve
  • Deferred acquisition costs (DAC)
  • Incurred but not reported reserve (IBNR)
  • Reinsurance assets
  • Equity capital and solvency
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Insurance Modeling and Valuation

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3

Hours

2

Topics

31

Practical exercises

2

Exams

Discover how modeling and valuing insurance companies differs substantially from other industries.

Life Insurance Model

60 video minutes

17 excel exercises

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Video minutes 60

Excel Exercises 17

  • A comprehensive introduction to the key steps and methods used for valuing life insurance companies
  • The key steps and flow used in building a life insurance model
  • Forecasting key balance sheet line items
  • Dealing with the effects of reinsurance
  • Forecasting life insurance profits
  • Modeling regulatory capital requirements in equity

P&C Insurance Model

60 video minutes

14 excel exercises

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Video minutes 60

Excel Exercises 14

  • Income statement, with claims and expenses and the combined ratio, and underwriting profit
  • Claims reserves and their payout
  • Unearned premium reserve
  • Deferred acquisition costs (DAC)
  • Incurred but not reported reserve (IBNR)
  • Reinsurance assets
  • Equity capital and solvency
  • Discounted dividend model
  • Relative valuation using regression of ROE and P/BV

Skills & Learning Objectives in The FIG Banker Micro-Degree

Reviewed by Industry Experts

Colin Evans

Managing Director at J.P. Morgan

Colin Evans is a Managing Director at J.P Morgan and leads the financial institutions coverage team globally for the Corporate Banking.

Dr. Bridget Lyons

Professor of Finance

Professor of Finance at the Jack Welch College of Business at Sacred Heart University and Associate Instructor.

Chris Bishko

CFO

CFO with over 25 years experience as an operator, investor and investment banker in technology and financial services.

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