LIBF
Level 4
QN: 603/5275/9
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LIBF Level 4 International Banking & Finance Certificate - Intermediate
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by LIBF. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 6 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
LIBF
Syllabus Units
6 Units
Guided Hours
6 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Unit 1 Intermediate International Banking & Finance (IIBF)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Interpret a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement
- Understand and analyse the changing nature of retail banking and wealth management
- Understand the role of corporate banking
- Understand the role of investment banking
- Understand the role of governance and compliance in banking
- Identify risk and assess risk in banking
2
Unit 2 Compliance (COMP)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Define the role of compliance
- Analyse international regulations
- Analyse international best practice in compliance
- Understand and apply local rules and regulations
- Assess the risks associated with financial crime
- Understand the role of compliance organisations and regulation
- Explain the role of ethical behaviour and corporate governance
- Analyse the challenges with market ab
3
Unit 2 Corporate Banking (CORB)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of corporate banking in financial institutions
- Analyse the credit risk of a corporate customer and the structure of a credit proposal for a lending transaction
- Understand how financing is arranged for corporate customers
- Understand the terminology
- use of and the process for accessing both the fixed income and equity markets
- Understand and interpret the various methods of settlement and financing within international trade
- Understand the terminology and use of cash management, liquidity management and foreign exchange
- Understand the risks associated with corporate banking and how it is measured and managed
4
Unit 2 Investment Banking and Markets (INVB)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of investment banking and the main differences to a corporate bank
- Understand the main methods used to estimate the value of a business and calculate a valuation using discounted cash flow (DCF) or trading comparables analysis
- Understand and apply accounting for transactions, transaction processes and transaction analysis
- Apply the terminology
- use of and the process for accessing the fixed income markets including the calculation of key items
- use of and the process for accessing the equity markets
- use of and the process for accessing syndicated loan markets
- Understand the range of derivative products available for managing financial risks and explain how they can be applied to solve customer problems
- Understand the nature of market risk and how it is measured and managed
5
Unit 2 Retail and Digital Banking (RETB)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the main retail banking products and the fundamentals of cross-selling
- Interpret customer expectations and user experience in the new banking landscape
- Evaluate the importance of customer service in a digital age and the best practices that need to be adopted
- Identify the importance of digital transformation and data to improve the customer experience
- Interpret the main components of financial services regulation and how these are monitored
6
Unit 2 Risk and Credit (RSCR)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key concepts relating to a typical bank’s risk
- Understand and assess credit risk
- Assess non-performing loans and defaults
- Assess the nature of credit risk and how it is measured, calculated and managed
- Analyse and assess risk in market products
- Understand and assess operational risk within a bank
- Understand the nature of reputational, strategic and liquidity risk
- Understand the Basel regime and its effects on how banks measure and manage risk
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/5275/9
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- LIBF
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Nov 2019