Course Code: 053143
Course Name: Financial Risk Management
Course Type: Specialty Course
Periods: 48
Credits: 3
Target Students: Undergraduates Majoring in Finance
Assessment: Examination
Preparatory Course: Monetary Banking, International finance, Investment, Corporate Finance, Financial Engineering
This course includes: Discussion on the concept, types and sources of risk; Methods of risk identification and management; Index selection of risk measurement; Risk simulation methods, such as the historical simulation method, Monte Carlo simulation method and pressure test; Theoretical development and empirical techniques of credit risk, operational risk and liquidity risk management, etc. This course is a specialty course which mainly studies how risk management plays an important role in modern finance activities. Through studying, students will be familiar with measurement methods, management procedures and management strategies of financial risk, at the same time, they will have a deeper understanding of the basic operational tools in financial risk management.