Fit & Proper Seminars
Knowledge tailored to practice: open seminars and in-house training for supervisory board members, managing directors and key function holders.
imh Trainer of the Year 2025 – awarded for outstanding performance in imh seminars
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Fit & Proper one-to-one training
Individual preparation for the Fit & Proper hearing at the FMA or ECB – tailored to your role and your institution.
- for managing directors, supervisory board members and key function holders
- targeted closing of knowledge gaps
- mock hearing with typical supervisory questions
Fit & Proper Seminars
Open seminars and in-house training that keep knowledge current and fulfil continuing education requirements.
- for supervisory board members, managing directors and key function holders
- current regulatory developments
- many practical examples
Regulatory seminars
Specialist seminars on key topics of banking supervision – concise, fact-based and practical.
- Regulatory reporting, CRR III and CRD VI (Basel IV)
- Mastering FMA and OeNB inspections
- Internal control, risk management, ICAAP and ILAAP
Learning that relates to your own institution
The financial industry is changing fast. Those who carry responsibility need timely, concise and fact-based information. Drawing on many years of practical and training experience, we support companies in developing their executives, their staff and the organisation as a whole.
Our training draws on years of experience in bank auditing and in supporting on-site inspections by the FMA and OeNB. Complex matters are explained clearly using concrete examples.
We tailor content and learning path to your role and your institution. Applying the content to your own bank and developing concrete solutions are an integral part of every training.
New regulations such as CRR III and CRD VI and current supervisory priorities are continuously incorporated into the seminars. This way you meet your training obligations with content that matters in practice.
What others say
Comments from participants’ seminar evaluations.
SENSATIONAL – the best speaker I have experienced in my now 25 years of working life!
It doesn’t get any better – presenting such a theoretical subject in such an engaging and practical way deserves the highest praise!
Mr Kern brilliantly managed to explain very dry content clearly and coherently (it couldn’t have been more gripping).
Simply top – a superb speaker, you can tell he enjoys it. He drew on real life and made so much of the content very easy to understand.
imh ratings on a scale of 1 to 6, where 1 means “very good”.
Selected Fit & Proper seminars
Some recent seminars as examples – the actual range of topics is considerably wider.
Fit & Proper for supervisory board members
Overview of new laws, directives and regulations and what they mean for your bank.
Fit & Proper for managing directors
As a managing director you are personally responsible for compliance with supervisory requirements. The training provides orientation and the expertise needed to distinguish between requirements and recommendations.
Fit & Proper for key function holders
A concise overview of regulatory requirements and overall bank management for key function holders.
Fit & Proper update: regulatory developments
Insights into upcoming regulation and concrete recommendations, with numerous practical examples.
Mastering FMA and OeNB inspections
Who inspects what, and on what basis? With first-hand accounts and sample questions on preparing for and following up on on-site inspections.
Regulatory reporting
From the European supervisory architecture to individual reports – gaining confidence in this complex subject through many practical examples.
Anti-money laundering and sanctions
Obligations under the Austrian Financial Markets Anti-Money Laundering Act and EU sanctions law, the risk-based approach and supervisory focus areas – practical guidance for banks and financial service providers.
ICAAP 2.0 and ILAAP 2.0
Internal capital and liquidity adequacy in line with current supervisory expectations, covering the normative and economic perspectives, stress tests and risk-bearing capacity.
Large exposures and groups of connected clients
Large exposure limits under the CRR, identifying groups of connected clients and the related reporting and organisational duties.
LCR and NSFR
Understanding the CRR liquidity ratios: calculating, managing and reporting the Liquidity Coverage Ratio and the Net Stable Funding Ratio.
Corporate relationship managers
Understanding supervisory requirements in corporate banking and distinguishing between requirements and recommendations.
Further seminar topics
- Reading and understanding financial statements
- Accounting for derivative financial instruments in industrial companies
- Banking supervision in a nutshell
- An effective internal control system for banks
- Operational risk and internal control
- Regulatory requirements for legal departments
- Complex financing
- Capital markets law
- NPL/NPE
- MREL/TLAC
- Internal audit and compliance
- Speculative real estate financing
- Minimum standards for the lending business
- Banking basics
Clients and partners
- ARS Akademie
- University of Vienna
- Austrian Chamber of Labour