Financial Risk Management
Instructor: Prof. Dr. Olaf Korn
Cycle: See course schedule
ECTS-Information: 6 Credits
Recommended prior knowledge: Financial Markets and Valuation
Sprache: English
Assessment method: 90 minute written exam
Course structure: Lecture and tutorial
Course code: M.WIWI-BWL.0004
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Olaf Korn
Learning goals:
After a successful completion of the course students should be able to
- understand and explain how risk management is related to other issues in corporate finance
- critically assess different motivations for corporate risk management
- understand and critically assess different risk measures and how they are applied in practice
- understand and explain how international risks can be managed and how the management of international risks is related to various economic parity conditions
- understand, analyze and critically apply measures and methods to manage interest rate risk
- understand, analyze and critically apply measures and methods to manage credit risk
- understand, analyze and critically apply hedging strategies for commodity price risk.