Course Brief

The rationale for this course is straightforward: to provide executives with the tools they need to analyse, control and reduce business risk in volatile financial and commodity markets.

  • 45-60 Contact Hours

Topics covered
  • Risk and the management of the firm.
  • The markets.
  • Market mechanisms and efficiency.
  • Interest-rate risk.
  • Currency risk.
  • Equity and commodity price risk.
  • The behaviour of asset prices.
  • Risk assessment.
  • Controlling risk.
  • Quantifying financial risks.
  • Financial methods for measuring risk.
  • Qualitative approaches to risk assessment.