Risk Management And Value At Risk (Var) Bahrain Institute for Banking & Finance
Price: BHD 300

    Course details

    The main objective of this course is to provide participants with a basic understanding of the meaning of risks in finance. This course discusses risks faced by different financial instruments and methods to quantify these risks.

    Learning Outcomes

    On successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

    • Define risks
    • Explain different types of risks faced by a financial institution
    • Describe Greeks
    • Choose the methods of measuring risks of a single asset (stocks, bonds etc.) and a portfolio of assets
    • Illustrate the measurement and use of covariance and correlation? and their relationship to risk
    • Interpret risks underlying different financial instruments
    • Demonstrate the ability to measure Value at Risk (VaR) and relate this to market risk of portfolios
    • Analyse different methods of calculating VaR using excel
    • Use excel to analyse case studies, perform simulations? at work situations relating to VaR

    Target Audience

    Mid to high level risk management executives

    Entry Requirements

    ? Derivatives Level 1 169

    Updated on 08 November, 2015

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