Modern Financial Markets & Risk Management
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Modern Financial Markets & Risk Management
This course is part of Operational Risk and Financial Resilience Specialization
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Analyze fintech, blockchain, and machine learning applications in modern financial markets.
Evaluate liquidity risk, funding markets, and asset-liability management strategies.
Assess global financial risks, exchange rate dynamics, and banking system developments.
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June 2026
28 assignments
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There are 7 modules in this course
Master modern financial markets, fintech, and risk management for FRM II success.
Learn how real-world financial systems evolve with technology, liquidity, and global risks. This course provides a structured and practical understanding of current issues in financial markets, focusing on fintech, blockchain, big data, liquidity risk, repo markets, and global banking dynamics. Designed for FRM Part II candidates and finance professionals, it bridges the gap between theoretical concepts and real-world applications. You will explore how digital transformation is reshaping financial services, analyze liquidity crises and funding markets, and understand the impact of global USD shortages. The course also covers machine learning applications in finance, exchange rate mechanisms, interest rate parity, and asset-liability management strategies. By the end of this course, learners will be able to confidently interpret complex financial systems, evaluate risk exposures, and apply advanced financial concepts in both exam and professional settings.
Analyze technological disruption, blockchain fundamentals, and regulatory responses shaping modern financial markets.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 86 minutes
- Introduction to Current Issues in Financial Markets•9 minutes
- Block chain Technology Basics•11 minutes
- Opportunities and Challenges•12 minutes
- Current Direction of Applications•13 minutes
- Technological Development•9 minutes
- Regulations•8 minutes
- Selected Financial of Big Tech Firms•5 minutes
- Key point•9 minutes
- Rapid Growth of Fintech Credit•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 80 minutes
- Graded - Foundations of Modern Financial Markets•30 minutes
- Market Evolution & Technology Shift•10 minutes
- Blockchain Applications & Regulation•30 minutes
- Big Tech & Financial Influence•10 minutes
Evaluate fintech credit models, digital money risks, and regulatory frameworks driving financial transformation.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 80 minutes
- Vertical Uses a Logarithmic Scale•10 minutes
- Overview of the Five Scenario•10 minutes
- Overview of the Five Scenario Continue•12 minutes
- Implication and Considerations•8 minutes
- Money Trees•11 minutes
- Bank Money and E-Money•9 minutes
- E-Money Risks•10 minutes
- E-Money Regulation•6 minutes
- Big Data•4 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - Fintech, Credit & Digital Transformation•30 minutes
- Fintech Models & Scaling•10 minutes
- Strategic Implications of Fintech•10 minutes
- Digital Money Risks & Regulation•10 minutes
Apply big data analytics, machine learning techniques, and AI models to financial decision-making and risk analysis.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 75 minutes
- Big Data Continue•8 minutes
- Classification and Regression Trees•9 minutes
- Bootstrap•9 minutes
- Random Forest•9 minutes
- Economic Example-Growth Regression•9 minutes
- Effect on Adverting on Sales•3 minutes
- Machine Learning•9 minutes
- Deep Learning•9 minutes
- Use Cases•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - Data Science & Machine Learning in Finance•30 minutes
- Big Data Foundations•10 minutes
- Advanced ML Techniques•10 minutes
- AI & Deep Learning Applications•10 minutes
Understand deposit structures, funding sources, and money markets essential for banking operations and liquidity management.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 73 minutes
- Use Cases Continue•7 minutes
- Deposits Transaction•7 minutes
- Deposits Non Transaction•8 minutes
- Deposit Services•6 minutes
- Non-Deposit Funding Overview•10 minutes
- Federal Funds Market•9 minutes
- Federal Reserve Borrowing•8 minutes
- Commercial Paper and Eurodollars•9 minutes
- Cost of Funds Approaches•9 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - AI Use Cases & Banking Fundamentals•30 minutes
- Practical AI Applications•10 minutes
- Banking Products & Services•10 minutes
- Funding & Money Markets•10 minutes
Examine repo transactions, liquidity pricing, and financial crisis implications on funding and risk management.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 76 minutes
- Repo Basics and Haircuts•9 minutes
- Repo Maturity and Rollovers•6 minutes
- Reverse Repo and Pricing•6 minutes
- Repo Cash Flow Example•9 minutes
- Global Financial Crisis•9 minutes
- Global Financial Crisis Continue•9 minutes
- LMIS•10 minutes
- Pricing Liquidity•9 minutes
- Liquidity Transfer Pricing•9 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - Repo Markets & Financial Crises•30 minutes
- Repo Market Mechanics•10 minutes
- Repo Applications & Crisis Context•10 minutes
- Liquidity Risk Management•10 minutes
Analyze international banking positions, USD shortages, and illiquid asset behavior in global financial systems.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 65 minutes
- Bank International Positions•8 minutes
- Bank International Positions Continue•9 minutes
- Bank Global Balance Sheet•8 minutes
- Global USD Shortage•8 minutes
- Used Shortage in Global Banking•4 minutes
- Illiquid Assets Overview•6 minutes
- Costs of Illiquid Markets•7 minutes
- Characteristics of Illiquid Markets•8 minutes
- Illiquidity Premium and Biases•8 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Graded - Global Banking & Liquidity Challenges•30 minutes
- International Banking Structure•10 minutes
- Global Liquidity Stress•10 minutes
- Illiquidity & Market Behavior•10 minutes
Evaluate exchange rate mechanisms, interest rate parity, and asset-liability strategies for managing financial risk.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 76 minutes
- Illiquidity Premium and Manager Skill•8 minutes
- Determination of Exchange Rate•9 minutes
- Interest Rate Parity Theorem•9 minutes
- Covered Interest Rate Parity•8 minutes
- Covered Interest Rate Parity Continue•9 minutes
- Evolution of ALM Strategies•8 minutes
- Yield Curve•10 minutes
- Interest Sensitive Gap Management•9 minutes
- Duration and Convexity•6 minutes
4 assignments•Total 80 minutes
- Graded - Risk, FX & Asset-Liability Management•30 minutes
- Illiquidity & Exchange Rates•10 minutes
- FX Parity & Yield Dynamics•30 minutes
- Interest Rate Risk Management•10 minutes
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