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Valid for year : 2009
 
TPPE32 Financial Risk Management, 6 ECTS credits.
/Finansiell riskhantering/

For:   I   Ii   Mat   MMAT   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 26
Rec. self-study hours: 134

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Industrial Engineering and Management, Production Economics

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The main aim of the course is to present models and techniques for measuring, controlling, and changing financial risk exposure. Primarily, financial market risks and credit risks will be treated. The main risk measure used is VAlue at Risk (VaR).

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Financial Markets and Instruments

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Supplementary courses:
Portfolio Management, Financial Optimisation

Organisation:
The teaching is organized in lectures and seminars. The seminars will be used for presentations and discussions of group assignments that are carried out during the course.

Course contents:
Financial risks. Traditional risk measures. Forecasting volatility and correlation. Value-at-Risk. Backtesting. Credit risk and credit derivatives. Operational- and liquidity risk. The Basel directives. Organisational aspects on risk management.

Course literature:
Hull J.C. (2007), Risk Management and Financial Institutions

Examination:
An oral examination
Seminar assignment
5 ECTS
1 ECTS
 



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Martin Kylinger
Examiner: Peter Hultman
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Last updated: 11/25/2009