Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Advanced Financial Risk management
2. Language of Instruction:
English
3. Course Code:
FIN505176
4. Credits:
3
5. Course Objectives:
This course will provide an overview of the risks that a financial institution may encounter will be presented, in both local and global contexts, alongside the relevant risk management measures.
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
Global financial crises in recent years caused massive damage to the global financial market and economy. This has brought more attention to the topic of risk management, especially in the case of financial institutions, in order to prevent such a catastrophic event from happening again. This course will outline the various types of risk a financial institution has to face, including interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, foreign exchange risk, off-balance sheet risk, operational risk and systemic risk, both in national and international contexts. The learners will also familiarize themselves with relevant risk management techniques and procedures, as well as getting to know major cases of financial institution failures, which resulted from inadequate risk management.