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Written by Moh Heng Goh | Dec 2, 2025 7:01:21 AM

CBS-8 Wealth Management and Trust Banking

In today's highly regulated financial environment, ensuring operational resilience is crucial for safeguarding client assets and maintaining business continuity.

For Metrobank, CBS-8 Wealth Management and Trust Banking encompasses a range of services that require stringent impact tolerance measures.

These measures define the maximum acceptable thresholds for disruptions, ensuring that critical services continue functioning in the face of adverse events.

This chapter outlines the establishment of impact tolerances for each detailed process within CBS-8, considering factors such as maximum tolerable downtime, data loss, and the impact on customers and regulations.

Table P4: Establish Impact Tolerance for CBS-8
 
 

Sub-CBS Code

Sub-CBS

Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)

Maximum Tolerable Data Loss (MTDL)

Customer Impact

Regulatory Impact

Impact Type

Current Resilience Status

Action Required

8.1

Client Onboarding and Profiling

4 hours

0.5%

High

High

Service Disruption

In-progress

Enhance system redundancy

8.2

Investment Advisory and Portfolio Management

3 hours

1%

High

High

Data Integrity

Satisfactory

Strengthen backup protocols

8.3

Trust Account Establishment and Administration

2 hours

0.2%

Medium

High

Service Delay

Needs Improvement

Increase automation in account creation

8.4

Fund and Asset Management Operations

1 hour

0.1%

High

High

Operational Failure

Fully Resilient

No action required

8.5

Wealth and Estate Planning Services

2 hours

0.3%

Medium

Medium

Service Disruption

Satisfactory

Upgrade client data encryption

8.6

Regulatory and Fiduciary Compliance Management

1 hour

0%

Critical

Critical

Compliance Breach

Fully Resilient

Continue monitoring for regulatory changes

8.7

Client Reporting and Relationship Management

3 hours

0.5%

High

Medium

Service Delay

In-progress

Improve data synchronization

8.8

Custodial and Safekeeping Services

4 hours

0.5%

High

High

Service Disruption

Needs Improvement

Enhance disaster recovery processes

 
 

Establishing impact tolerance for CBS-8 Wealth Management and Trust Banking is a pivotal step in ensuring Metrobank's resilience in the face of operational challenges.

By carefully evaluating each sub-CBS's acceptable downtime, data loss, and the potential impacts on customers and regulatory compliance, Metrobank can prioritise necessary improvements and safeguard its ability to deliver critical services under all circumstances.

Continuous monitoring and action on the identified resilience gaps will further fortify Metrobank’s position as a reliable institution for its clients in the wealth management and trust banking space.

 

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