Central Bank Reserve Management · Capstone ProgrammePaid Event

Bridging Risk Management & Markets in Reserve Portfolios

22–26 February 2027 · 5 DaysNairobi, Kenya (or in-country delivery)
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Location

Nairobi, Kenya (or in-country delivery)

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About This Event

“One institutional position, where risk appetite and investment strategy finally agree.”

A capstone programme that integrates risk management and markets perspectives into a single, board-ready reserve management strategy early in the new year, following the winter training break.

What You'll Explore

A drafted, board-ready reserve management policy blueprint

A rehearsed response to a live market-shock scenario

Alignment between your risk and markets teams on one shared strategy

A defence of your blueprint in front of an executive panel

A working diagnosis of where your institution's risk and markets functions currently disconnect

Who Should Attend

Open to all qualifying staff — particularly: Governors, Deputy Governors, Reserve & Treasury Directors, Chief Risk Officers, Senior Portfolio Managers.

Why This Course Matters

One Integrated Strategy

Merge risk appetite and investment strategy into a single institutional position.

Shock-Tested

Work a live scenario workshop on market shocks and the risk response that must follow.

Blueprint, Not Theory

Leave with a drafted, board-ready reserve management policy blueprint.

Programme

Day 1

Integrating risk appetite with investment strategy

Diagnose where the connection currently breaks down in your own institution.

Day 2

Scenario workshop on market shocks & risk response

Run a live scenario workshop on a market shock.

Day 3

Cross-functional case study: a reserve management crisis

Practise joint risk-and-markets decision-making.

Day 4

Drafting an integrated reserve management policy blueprint

Draft a blueprint stating both risk appetite and investment strategy.

Day 5

Blueprint presentation & executive panel defence

Present and defend that blueprint before an executive panel.

Standards & Faculty Benchmark

IMF / World Bank joint reserve management guidelines

Reserve management guidelines and the Reserve Advisory & Management Partnership curriculum.

IMF and World Bank reserve management guidelines treat risk and markets as one discipline, not two.

Is This Right for You?

  • ☑You have completed Track 1 or Track 2 courses earlier in the programme, or lead both functions
  • ☑You need risk and markets perspectives integrated, not siloed
  • ☑Your role touches reserve strategy, risk or markets decisions

Good to Know

Assumes participants have completed a Track 1 or Track 2 course earlier in the programme, or bring equivalent experience.

The Bottom Line

Bring one institutional position back to your board, not two teams still negotiating which one wins.

Recommended For

Open to all qualifying staff — particularly: Governors, Deputy Governors, Reserve & Treasury Directors, Chief Risk Officers, Senior Portfolio Managers.

Event Date

22–26 February 2027

5 Days

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Individual

USD 2,000 per participant + 16% VAT

USD 2,320

Incl. 16% VAT