Financial Services and Trading Institutions
Y52.3605
Credit:
Management and Information Technology
Given the events of the last several years, risk management has been moved from the back rooms to the forefront of the business world. Every year companies are spending more to understand and better manage their risk. This course will look at risk management from both the sell-side investment bank perspective as well as the buy-side hedge fund asset manager view. It is intended to provide an introduction into what risk management means in each of these types of institution. At the end of the course, students will be expected to have learned the fundamental financial tools and techniques necessary to be an effective risk manager. Topics include (but are not limited to) accounting/finance theories and concepts; time value of money, financial product knowledge, risk management terms and techniques, and operational risk management. Students will learn fundamental financial concepts through real world group assignments, problem solving and term projects. The student who successfully completes this course will have the ability to understand: the fundamental concepts of financial products including both cash products and their respective derivatives, the methodologies for pricing and valuation, the fundamental risk management strategies at both a micro and macro level, the fundamental risk measurement (P&L attribution, Value at Risk (VaR), and the operational risk issues that effect financial and trading institutions.
To register for this course you must be an admitted student in an NYU credit or degree program or have special student status. Admitted NYU credit or degree students may visit NYUHome to register through ALBERT. To apply to an NYU-SCPS credit or degree program, call (212) 998-7100.
