AICB-BRM Exam Information and Outline
Bank Risk Management (BRM)
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 6, 2026
AICB-BRM Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Exam Format
- Online multiple-choice examination (Pearson VUE) plus 6,000-word work-based assignment
- Passing mark: 60%
- 1. Bank Business and Risks
- Key principles of banking, finance and financial products
- Types of bank risks; risk drivers and trends
- 2. Bank Failures, Financial Crises and Regulation
- Bank failure and early warning signals
- Bank restructuring and banking crises
- Regulation, supervision and conduct of business regulation
- Regulatory capital and ICAAP
- 3. Banks and Risk Management
- Governance and the centralised risk function
- Three lines of defence
- Enterprise-wide risk management frameworks and principles
- 4. Managing Bank Risks
- Credit risk; interest rate and market risk
- Liquidity risk; operational risk
- Impact of technology on risk management
- 5. Risk Culture
- Elements, indicators and frameworks of sound risk culture
- Risk governance and incentive programmes
- 6. The Future of Bank Risk Management
- The bank of the future, structural trends and transforming the risk function