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Course Information
Schedules
- 21 Sep 2026 (Mon) - 30 Nov 2026 (Mon) 6:45 PM - 9:45 PM
Registration period
14 Sep 2026 (Mon) - 20 Sep 2026 (Sun)
Price
HKD 7,800
CEF Reimbursable
CEF Reimbursable
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
30 Hour(s)
Language
English
Location
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Course Overview
Module Intended Learning Outcomes:
- On completion of the module, students are expected to be able to:
- tackle the financial risks of a wide range of organizations in a complex internal and external environment;
- evaluate different strategies for mitigating financial risks according to organizations’ specific requirements and the future trends of the business environment; and
- evaluate effectiveness of financial risk management policies according to local and global regulatory requirements.
What You’ll Learn
Learning Contents
Contemporary financial risk management
- The need for risk management
- Creating value with risk management
- The CAPM and its application to performance measurement
- Expected returns and the APT
- Risk management failures
Financial markets and products
- Interest rates
- Determination of forward and futures prices
- Hedging strategies using futures
- Interest rate futures
- Swaps
- Properties of stock options
- Trading strategies involving options
Market risk
- Measuring market risk
- Managing market risk
Credit risk
- Measuring credit risk
- Managing credit risk
Integrated risk management
- Enterprise risk management
- Capital allocation
- Risk measurement, risk management and capital adequacy in financial institutions
- Liquidity risk
Regulation including Basel capital requirement
- Regulation
- The Basel III Accord
- Principles for sound liquidity risk management and supervision
Current issues & case studies
- Information, liquidity and the panic of 2007
- FSA and Northern Rock
- UBS’s write down
- Hedge funds, systematic risk and the financial crisis of 2007-2008
- Case studies
