This course provides a strategic viewpoint on the practical aspects of financial risk management in financial and non-financial institutions. Foreign exchange,interest rate and liquidity risk management in today's financial and regulatory environment. Scale and scope of key financial markets. Regulatory and supervisory issues of concern to key central banks and the Bank for International Settlements. Mechanics of trading foreign exchange, money market instruments and derivative productss. Techniques and strategies for hedging and risk management control in the modern treasury operation. Asset-liability management. Where practical, classes will be conducted in the Simulated Trading Room,so as to provide students with hands-on experience in the dealing environment.
Programme: BUS
This course provides a strategic viewpoint on the practical aspects of financial risk management in financial and non-financial institutions. Foreign exchange,interest rate and liquidity risk management in today's financial and regulatory environment. Scale and scope of key financial markets. Regulatory and supervisory issues of concern to key central banks and the Bank for International Settlements. Mechanics of trading foreign exchange, money market instruments and derivative productss. Techniques and strategies for hedging and risk management control in the modern treasury operation. Asset-liability management. Where practical, classes will be conducted in the Simulated Trading Room,so as to provide students with hands-on experience in the dealing environment.