Modern Financial Markets and Risk Analysis
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Modern Financial Markets and Risk Analysis
This course is part of Operational Risk and Financial Resilience Specialization
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What you'll learn
Analyze liquidity dynamics, algorithmic trading, and emerging market risks in financial markets.
Evaluate the impact of Bitcoin, regulatory developments, and negative interest rate policies.
Apply current market risk concepts to support real-world financial decision-making.
Skills you'll gain
- Financial Policy
- Financial Regulation
- Loans
- Decision Making
- Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Bank Regulations
- Market Trend
- Capital Markets
- Risk Analysis
- International Finance
- Financial Trading
- Financial Systems
- Market Liquidity
- Economics
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Blockchain
- Securities Trading
- Financial Market
- Market Dynamics
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June 2026
16 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
Master the most critical trends shaping today’s financial markets.
Learn how liquidity, crypto, and global risks impact real-world decisions. This course provides a deep dive into current issues in financial markets, focusing on Bitcoin, liquidity dynamics, algorithmic trading, and emerging market risks. Designed for FRM Part II candidates and finance professionals, it bridges theoretical concepts with practical applications. You will explore how market and funding liquidity interact, how negative interest rate policies influence economies, and how algorithmic trading is transforming market microstructure. The course also examines Bitcoin risks, regulatory challenges, and corporate debt vulnerabilities in emerging markets. By the end of this course, learners will be able to analyze modern financial risks, evaluate policy impacts, and apply insights to real-world financial decision-making.
Analyze Bitcoin’s economic foundations, governance structure, limitations, and regulatory challenges, with a focus on risk identification and real-world implications.
What's included
7 videos4 assignments
7 videos•Total 54 minutes
- Introduction to Bitcoin - Economics Technology and Governance•10 minutes
- Limitations of Bitcoin•9 minutes
- Distinctive Risks that Bitcoin Presents•10 minutes
- Regulating Virtual Currencies•6 minutes
- Bitcoin - Economics Practice QS•5 minutes
- Introduction to Market and Funding Liquidity•7 minutes
- Regulatory Factors•8 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - Digital Currency Revolution & Bitcoin Risks•30 minutes
- Foundations of Bitcoin Ecosystem•10 minutes
- Regulation & Practical Insights•10 minutes
- Transition to Liquidity Concepts•10 minutes
Evaluate the interaction between market and funding liquidity, key drivers, monetary policy impacts, and systemic liquidity risks.
What's included
7 videos4 assignments
7 videos•Total 46 minutes
- Link Between Market and Funding Liquidity•5 minutes
- Market and Funding liquidity - An overview Practice QS•3 minutes
- Introduction to Market Liquidity Levels and Resilience•9 minutes
- Drivers and Their Effects on Market Liquidity Level•7 minutes
- Effects of Monetary Policy on Market Liquidity•11 minutes
- Liquidity Spillovers•7 minutes
- Market Liquidity - Practice QS•4 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - Market & Funding Liquidity Dynamics•30 minutes
- Understanding Liquidity Interconnections•10 minutes
- Market Liquidity Drivers & Structure•10 minutes
- Spillovers & Assessment•10 minutes
Examine algorithmic trading, market electrification, evolving liquidity metrics, and the implications of negative interest rate policies.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videos•Total 66 minutes
- Introduction to Algorithmic Trading•8 minutes
- Monitoring of Algorithmic Trading Activity•7 minutes
- Algorithmic Trading Practice Qs•3 minutes
- Introduction to Hanging up the Phone•7 minutes
- Electrification Drivers•8 minutes
- Traditional Liquidity Metrics Vs New ME•5 minutes
- Introduction to Motivations of Negative Policy Rates•6 minutes
- Implications - NIRP•9 minutes
- Lower Bound for Nominal Rates•9 minutes
- Implemented Negative Interest Rates Practice QS•4 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - Market Microstructure & Interest Rate Innovations•30 minutes
- Algorithmic Trading Ecosystem•10 minutes
- Market Evolution & Liquidity Transformation•10 minutes
- Negative Interest Rate Policies (NIRP)•10 minutes
Assess emerging market trends, corporate debt risks, transmission channels, and policy responses to global financial shocks.
What's included
8 videos4 assignments
8 videos•Total 63 minutes
- Introduction to Emerging Economy Trends•11 minutes
- Risk Factors Associated with Corporate Debt•7 minutes
- Three Indirect Transmission Channels•7 minutes
- External Commercial Borrowings in India•8 minutes
- External Commercial Borrowings in India Continues•6 minutes
- Case Studies•10 minutes
- Policy Implications Related to the Risks•10 minutes
- Emerging Economy Trends Practice QS•4 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - Emerging Markets & Corporate Debt Risks•30 minutes
- Emerging Market Fundamentals•10 minutes
- Transmission Channels & Borrowings•10 minutes
- Case Analysis & Policy Response•10 minutes
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