Financial Risk Management

This course provides an overview of the theory and practice of financial risk management. It will offer an introduction to derivative instruments and markets, focusing on the tools for analysing and valuing derivative securities such as options, futures, and swaps. It also explores how these instruments can be utilized for arbitraging, speculation, and hedging purposes. This course includes risk management in the areas of interest rate risk, currency risk, commodity price risk and environmental risk. It also examines key financial debacles, and the lessons learned from them, alongside an in-depth overview of the derivatives markets in Australia and New Zealand.