FINE 449 — Risk Management in Finance

Understanding, quantifying, and managing different types of financial risks. A broad overview of the tools required of someone pursuing a career in risk management, whether it is at a bank, an asset management fund, or a non-financial business. Topics include corporate hedging with derivatives, volatility and correlation modelling, non-normal distributions, Monte Carlo and historical simulations, liquidity risk, and capital requirements.

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• Difficulty: 3.57 out of 5
• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Desautels Faculty Management
• Department: Management
• Prerequisites: FINE 441 and MGSC 372 or equivalent.