Organisation and Content
| Lecture # | Date | Lecture topic |
Reading |
| I | 13/10/2026 | Introduction to Commercial Banking I: The banking business model; ethics, conduct and customer service; client relationship management
Lecturer: Prof. Moorad Choudhry |
Reading: Core text, chapters 1, 2 |
| II | 20/10/2026 | Introduction to Commercial Banking II: Products, FX, reference rates, net interest margin; money market and capital market instruments
Lecturer: BTRM Faculty |
Reading: Core text, chapters 1, 4, 6 |
| III | 27/10/2026 | Bank risk management: Credit risk; other risk types; ALCO MI pack
Lecturer: BTRM Faculty |
Reading: Core text, chapters 18, 9
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| IV | 3/11/2026 | Bank asset-liability management I: Yield curve; Treasury operating model; liquidity risk management;
Lecturer: BTRM Faculty |
Reading: Core text, chapters 5, 8, 11
Issue ALCO MI pack sample and confirm assignment at end of lecture |
| V | 10/11/2026 | Bank asset-liability management II: Basel rules and capital management; market risk (interest-rate risk and FX risk)
Lecturer: BTRM Faculty |
Reading: Core text, chapters 3, 7, 16 |
| VI | 17/11/2026 | Governance good-practice principles: Committee structure; roles and responsibilities
Lecturer: BTRM Faculty |
Reading: Core text, chapter 17 |
Lecture Seminar and Q&A
At the end of each lecture there will be a 30-minute seminar session during which students and lecturer will discuss the topics raised during the lecture, issues concerning the previous lecture, and engage in group Q&A.
Course Reading
- Choudhry, M., The Principles of Banking, 2nd edition, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons 2012, 2023
(This title is designated the “Core Text” and will be supplied as an e-book to all students) - Choudhry, M., Moorad Choudhry Anthology, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons 2018
- Financial Times Guide to Banking, The Financial Times Series, 2014
