Essential Risk Management Tools & Practices
This course is part of Risk Management Professional Certificate.
Course Cost
Free course
Intermediate
Skill Level
4 Weeks
Self-paced lessons
This comprehensive finance course introduces essential risk management techniques for financial professionals. Students learn to analyze and implement various hedging strategies, understand asset-liability management principles, and develop integrated risk management approaches. The course covers crucial topics like basis risk, cross hedging, futures contracts, option strategies, and balance sheet risks. Upon completion, participants receive a valuable New York Institute of Finance certificate, with the option to pursue a complete Risk Management Professional Certificate through additional modules.
What you'll learn
Define and analyze basic risk sources and basis risks in futures hedging
Implement cross hedging techniques and calculate minimum variance hedge ratios
Optimize futures contracts for exposure hedging with tailing adjustments
Develop stock portfolio management strategies using market index futures
Master covered call and protective put option strategies
Understand ALM functions in commercial banking
Analyze balance sheet risks from funding and duration gaps
Compare economic, risk, and regulatory capital requirements
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
PreRecorded video
Graded assignments, exams
Access on Mobile, Tablet, Desktop
Limited Access access
Shareable certificate
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There are 5 modules in this course
The course provides a comprehensive introduction to risk management tools and techniques essential for financial professionals. It covers five key modules: Risk Reporting, focusing on profit distribution and risk factor analysis; Model Risk, examining VaR testing and exposure monitoring; Risk Management Tools, exploring equity swaps and index futures hedging; Liquidity and Operational Risk Management; and Asset and Liability Management, covering interest rate risk, duration gaps, and balance sheet immunization. The curriculum emphasizes practical applications while building theoretical understanding of risk management concepts.
Risk Reporting
Module 1
Model Risk
Module 2
Risk Management Tools
Module 3
Liquidity and Operational Risk Management
Module 4
Asset and Liability Management
Module 5
Fee Structure
Individual course purchase is not available - to enroll in this course with a certificate, you need to purchase the complete Professional Certificate Course. For enrollment and detailed fee structure, visit the following: Risk Management Professional Certificate
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