Financial Institution Risk Management

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Course Title: Financial Institution Risk Management

Course Code: 12494

Teaching Hours: 4 x 16 = 64

Course Overview

The course is designed to introduce the students to analyze risks facing modern financial institutions and tools that financial institutions use to manage various risks in a rapid changing financial environment.

The course focuses on managing return and risk in modern financial institutions. The central theme is that the risks faced by financial institutions managers, and the methods and markets through which these risks are managed are becoming increasingly similar, no matter whether an institution is  a commercial bank, a savings bank, an investment bank, or an insurance company.

On completion of this course, students should be able to:

•       Understand different sources of risks facing modern financial institutions; including interest rate risk, liquidity risk, credit risk and market risk, etc.;

•       Comprehend various risk models used to measure and analyze different risks;

•       Grasp different tools that financial institutions use to manage risks.