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Valid for year : 2014
 
TPPE32 Financial Risk Management, 6 ECTS credits.
/Finansiell riskhantering/

For:   I   Ii   MMAT   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 30
Rec. self-study hours: 130

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Industrial Engineering and Management

  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)
Corporate Finance, 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:
Financial Valuation Methodology, Portfolio Management, Financial Optimization

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, expected shortfall, back-testing, credit risk and credit derivatives, operational- and liquidity risk, Basel.

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

Examination:
Written examination
Seminar assignment
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
 



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Fredrik Persson
Examiner: Jonas Ekblom
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Last updated: 09/11/2013