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Introduction to Risk Management

This course is part of Risk Management Specialization

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

857 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
2 weeks at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Differentiate between financial and business risks

  • Examine the key concepts and factors of risk measurement

  • Understand the application of risk modeling

  • Understand the principles of risk management

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This course is part of the Risk Management Specialization
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There are 6 modules in this course

What is risk? Why do firms manage risk? In this course, you will be introduced to the different types of business and financial risks, their sources, and best practice methods for measuring risk. This course will help you gauge different risk types and set risk limits, describe the key factors that drive each type of risk, and identify the steps needed to choose probability distributions to estimate risk. You will explore the history and development of risk management as a science, and financial and business trends that have shaped the practice of risk management. By the end of the course, you will have the essential knowledge to measure, assess, and manage risk in your organization.

To be successful in this course, you should have a basic knowledge of statistics and probability and familiarity with financial instruments (stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, etc). Experience with MS Excel recommended.

This course will introduce you to different types of business and financial risk. You will learn how these risks are measured and also gain an understanding of the goals and benefits of risk management. The skills that you will gain by the end of this course will enable you to measure and manage risk in your organization.

What's included

1 video4 readings1 discussion prompt1 plugin

1 video•Total 1 minute
  • Course Overview•1 minute
4 readings•Total 22 minutes
  • Welcome to the Course•2 minutes
  • Risk Management Specialization Outline•10 minutes
  • About the New York Institute of Finance•5 minutes
  • Course Outline•5 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Introduce Yourself•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 2 minutes
  • Learner Interest Survey•2 minutes

In this module, you will learn about financial and business risks. You will also get introduced to the various types of financial risks and learn about their sources and how firms manage risks. We'll also look at the difference between risk measurement and risk management. Let's get started.

What's included

2 videos2 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

2 videos•Total 9 minutes
  • What is Risk?•4 minutes
  • Measuring Different Types of Risk•5 minutes
2 readings•Total 310 minutes
  • Global Financial Stability Report 2026•300 minutes
  • Understanding Liquidity Risk•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Graded Assessment 01•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
  • Key Takeaways•10 minutes
  • Liquidity Risk Discussion•10 minutes
  • Risk Management•10 minutes

In this module, you will learn about the four main types of financial risk. You will then learn about the best measures to use to gauge different risk types and set risk limits. You will also learn how investment managers maximize portfolio returns while keeping risk within their tolerances and then apply these techniques to a portfolio you will construct.

What's included

10 videos1 reading1 assignment6 discussion prompts

10 videos•Total 46 minutes
  • Market Risk•2 minutes
  • Measuring Market Risk •4 minutes
  • Portfolio Construction •6 minutes
  • Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)•4 minutes
  • Introduction •5 minutes
  • Pre-Settlement and Settlement Risk•2 minutes
  • Credit Risk Components•2 minutes
  • Overview of Credit Risk •6 minutes
  • Introduction to Operational Risk•9 minutes
  • Introduction to Enterprise Risk•7 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • Financial Theory•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 60 minutes
  • Graded Assessment 02•60 minutes
6 discussion prompts•Total 65 minutes
  • What's on your mind?•10 minutes
  • Clarifications•10 minutes
  • Risk Culture•10 minutes
  • Comparison between Operational, Market, and Credit Risk•10 minutes
  • Capital Reserves•15 minutes
  • Key Takeaway•10 minutes

In this module, you will learn the difference between Money and Capital markets. You will also learn to differentiate among the 3 regulatory structures - US, UK, and EU and understand how regulatory structures impact your firm.

What's included

5 videos2 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

5 videos•Total 11 minutes
  • The Financial System•2 minutes
  • Money and Capital Markets•1 minute
  • US Regulatory Structures•5 minutes
  • UK Regulatory Structures•1 minute
  • EU Regulatory Structures•2 minutes
2 readings•Total 190 minutes
  • Global Risk Management Survey •180 minutes
  • Basel Committee•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Graded Assessment 03•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
  • Understanding Financial System•10 minutes
  • Money v/s Capital Markets•10 minutes
  • Centralized v/s Decentralized Regulatory Regimes•10 minutes

In this module, you will learn about the factors that drive each type of risk and then use these factors to create distributions (density functions). You will explore non-parametric measures of loss distributions such as scenario analysis and stress testing.

What's included

5 videos2 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

5 videos•Total 23 minutes
  • What is Scenario Analysis?•2 minutes
  • Scenario Example •4 minutes
  • What is Stress Testing?•2 minutes
  • Purpose of Stress Testing•4 minutes
  • Case Study: When Unconventional Becomes Conventional•12 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • RMA_Emerging Risks and Liquidity •10 minutes
  • RMA_Negative Rates•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Graded Assessment 04•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Understanding Scenario Analysis•10 minutes
  • Module Wrap Up•10 minutes

You've come to the end of the course. Let's wrap up with a quick summary of the key takeaways of this course.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 discussion prompt1 plugin

1 video•Total 3 minutes
  • Key Takeaways•3 minutes
1 reading•Total 2 minutes
  • Congratulations•2 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Takeaways•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes
  • End of Course Survey•15 minutes

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