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PRMIA 8004 Exam Overview :

Exam Name: Case Studies; Standards: Governance, Best Practices and Ethics
Exam Code: 8004
Certifications: PRMIA PRM Certification
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PRMIA 8004 Exam Topics :

Section Objectives
Barings     The candidate should be able to:
  •     Describe how the massive losses were incurred
  •     Describe why the true position was not noticed earlier
  •     Describe the role of the External Auditors
  •     Describe the supervision done by the Bank of England
  •     Describe the role of The Securities And Futures Authority (SFA, now knownas the Financial Services Authority, the FSA)
  •     Describe the Lessons learnt from the Barings Case Study
  •     Discuss the events leading up to the losses, the risks incurred and the mitigation processes described
National Australia Bank – FX Options     The candidate should be able to:
  •     Describe the sequence of events and trading activities that led to the losses
  •     Describe the analysis of the losses and how they occurred, with an initial focus on foreign currency option transactions entered into on or after 1 October 2003
  •     Describe the key policies, procedures, systems and control failures within the foreign currency options trading business responsible for the losses.
  •     Describe the Impacts on customers and third parties
  •     Discuss the events leading up to the losses, the risks incurred and the mitigation processes described
Bankgesellschaft Berlin     The candidate should be able to:
  •     Describe the Timeline of Events
  •     Describe how property-based funds carried unforeseen and uncovered risks
  •     Describe the lessons learnt
  •     Discuss the events leading up to the losses, the risks incurred and the mitigation processes described
Taisei Fire and Marine Insurance Co.     The candidate should be able to:
  •     Describe how events of the 9/11 World Trade terrorist attack brought about massive reinsurance losses - US2.5 billion – when they thought they were fully covered
  •     Differentiate between ‘full’ and ‘finite’ reinsurance cover
  •     Discuss potential mitigation measures which would have avoided or lessened the losses
  •     Discuss the need for stress and scenario testing for the low-frequency-high-impact incidence
Washington Mutual     The candidate should be able to:
  •     Describe how the bank’s acquisition of Long Beach Financial in 1999, and Providian in 2005 – both forays into sub-prime lending - brought about the eventual shrinkage of the credit quality of the bank’s loan book
  •     Describe the effect and dependency of FHLB funding when only 60% of the bank’s assets were funded by depositors
  •     Characterize the deteriorating effect on earnings that substantially increased provisions and net charge-offs would have
  •     Identify the events of 2007/8 which contributed significantly to the seizure of the bank by federal authoritie
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac    The candidate should be able to:
  •     Describe how the intervention of politicians, and the creativity of banks in selling to sub-prime lenders, overwhelmed the capabilities of both organizations, and derailed what was essentially a viable and valuable business model
  •     Describe how the computer models were ineffective in stress testing the multiplicity of variable repayment and interest plans initially sold to sub-prime lenders
  •     Characterize the fundamentals of disintermediation within the asset backed securities value-chain
  •     Show how intricately linked the originate-and-distribute model is to investor confidence, both locally and globally
LTCM     The candidate should be able to:
  •     Describe the events that led to the collapse of LTCM
  •     Describe the lessons learnt
  •     Describe how UBS made a loss due to LTCM
  •     Discuss the events leading up to the losses, the risks incurred and the mitigation processes described

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