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Introduction to Risk Management
This course is an introductory survey of risk management concepts and techniques. The role of risk regulation in financial markets is reviewed.
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Duration : 2 Hours
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A definition of risk
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Sources of risk
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Why do firms manage risk?
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Risk measurement vs risk management – Case study: Goldman Sachs Manages Subprime Risk, 2007
Duration : 2 Hours
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Market risk
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Credit risk
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Operational risk
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Liquidity risk – Case Study: Norther Rock’s Liquidity Risk, 2007
Duration : 2 Hours
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Money and capital markets
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US Federal and State Regulatory structure
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Foreign regulatory structures – United Kingdom & European Union
Duration : 2 Hours
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Risk factors
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Risk measures – Value at risk (VaR), Expected shortfall (ES) or Conditional VaR (CVaR), Coherence of risk measures
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Scenario analysis and stress testing
Risk in the context of the associated regulatory actions and markets
- Differentiate between financial risks and business risks
- Identify and describe the various types of financial risk and their sources
- Identify the real-world violations of the ‘standard model’ assumptions that make risk management value enhancing to the firm
- Differentiate between risk measurement and risk management
- Describe systemic risk as a negative externality
- Describe the current US regulatory structure
- Provide a high level description of the regulatory structures in major foreign jurisdictions
- Describe, contrast and perform simple calculations of the various risk measures
- Identify the desirable properties associated with coherent risk measures
- Describe stress testing and reverse stress testing
Risk managers and assistants, trading assistants, finance professionals, auditors and controllers