1. the different items in financial statements;

2. how the various statements interlink and how group accounting works;

3. interpret balance sheet, income and cash flow statements.

1. segmentation in a corporate banking context

2. identify how a bank serves different corporate clients;

3. identify the different products that corporate clients use;

4. analyse the life cycle of common transaction types provided to corporate clients by banks;

5. how a bank uses different channels to provide products and services to its clients;

6. the importance of generating increased fee income from corporate clients.

1. understand the fundamentals of investment banking, including: corporate finance; equity and debt issuance; the difference between the primary and secondary markets;

2. discuss an investment bank’s different types of clients, such as issuers and buyers of securities;

3. understand how capital is raised;

4. define the risks faced by an investment bank and explain how these risks are managed; and understand the advisory role played by an investment bank.

1. understand the interactions between risk appetite, capacity and culture;

2. review instances of major financial crises since the nineteenth century and what lessons can be drawn from them, including the main causes of bank failure

3. identify signs of business and financial distress; and

4. define the main types of risks that banks face.

1. define governance and compliance;

crises since the nineteenth century and what lessons can be drawn from them, including the main causes of bank failure;

3. identify signs of business and financial distress; and

4. define the main types of risks that banks face.

5. understand the new developments in compliance and governance.