Risk Management and Portfolio Theory
Risk Management and Portfolio Theory
This course is part of Financial Risk and Quantitative Finance Specialization
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What you'll learn
Apply financial risk management frameworks, ERM principles, and governance practices effectively.
Analyze portfolio risk, liquidity risk, and financial market events using quantitative tools.
Evaluate financial scenarios and risk exposures to support informed decision-making.
Skills you'll gain
- Market Liquidity
- Decision Making
- Governance Risk Management and Compliance
- Governance
- Financial Services
- IT Management
- Portfolio Management
- Risk Mitigation
- Financial Management
- Capital Markets
- Risk Control
- Portfolio Risk
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Probability
- Finance
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Modeling
- Risk Management Framework
- Risk Management
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June 2026
29 assignments
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There are 7 modules in this course
Master financial risk management and ace FRM Level 1 with confidence.
Learn real-world risk frameworks, portfolio theory, and financial crises insights. This course provides a comprehensive foundation in financial risk management, combining theory, quantitative tools, and real-world applications aligned with the FRM curriculum. You will explore risk measurement techniques, enterprise risk management (ERM), governance frameworks, and liquidity risk, along with deep insights into major financial disasters. The course also covers portfolio theory, capital markets, and probability concepts, essential for both exam success and practical application. Designed for aspiring FRM candidates and finance professionals, this course bridges the gap between conceptual understanding and real-world decision-making. By the end, you will be equipped to analyze risk, evaluate financial scenarios, and apply quantitative tools effectively in finance and risk roles.
Build core understanding of financial risk, quantitative foundations, and integrated risk measurement concepts essential for FRM success.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 77 minutes
- Intro to FRM Level 1•10 minutes
- Foundation Risk Management•6 minutes
- Foundation Risk Management Continue•10 minutes
- Quantitative Analysis•10 minutes
- Risk Management a Helicopter View•7 minutes
- Risk Management a Helicopter View Continue•8 minutes
- Risk Measurement Basics•12 minutes
- Enterprise Risk Management Overview•7 minutes
- Expected vs Unexpected Loss•7 minutes
4 assignments•Total 80 minutes
- Getting Started with FRM•10 minutes
- Core Quantitative & Conceptual Foundations•10 minutes
- Understanding Risk Measurement•30 minutes
- Graded - Introduction to Risk Management Foundations•30 minutes
Explore major financial risks, hedging strategies, and governance structures that guide effective risk decision-making.
What's included
8 videos4 assignments
8 videos•Total 71 minutes
- Risk Classes Overview•11 minutes
- Liquidity Risk Basics•10 minutes
- Hedging Risk Exposure•11 minutes
- Hedging Decisions and Board Role•4 minutes
- Operational and Financial Hedging•10 minutes
- Governance and Board Committees•7 minutes
- Risk Advisory Director•7 minutes
- Risk Appetite and Strategy•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Risk Categories Explained•10 minutes
- Hedging and Risk Control•10 minutes
- Governance and Risk Strategy•10 minutes
- Graded - Types of Risk & Risk Measurement•30 minutes
Understand ERM frameworks, organizational risk culture, and real-world banking risk behaviors.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 75 minutes
- Enterprise Risk Management Definition•6 minutes
- ERM Benefits and Costs•5 minutes
- Role and Responsibilities of CRD•12 minutes
- Governance Culture and Bank Risk•11 minutes
- Scenario Analysis in Banks•8 minutes
- Risk Taking and Bank Value•11 minutes
- Bank Risk Profile and Performance•7 minutes
- Financial Disasters Overview•8 minutes
- Kidder Peabody and LTCM•7 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- ERM Foundations•10 minutes
- Risk Culture in Banking•10 minutes
- Risk Performance & Case Insights•10 minutes
- Graded - Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) & Governance•30 minutes
Analyze major financial failures to identify risk triggers, governance gaps, and critical lessons for risk mitigation.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 88 minutes
- UBS and SocGen Cases•9 minutes
- Major Financial Disaster Cases•8 minutes
- Sumitomo and Merrill Lynch•12 minutes
- Summary to Risk Management•8 minutes
- Summary to Risk Management Continue•13 minutes
- What are They•9 minutes
- When do They Happen•7 minutes
- GARP Code of Conduct•11 minutes
- Intro to Deciphering the Liquidity•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Case Studies in Financial Failures•10 minutes
- Key Takeaways in Risk Management•10 minutes
- Risk Triggers and Ethics•10 minutes
- Graded - Financial Disasters & Risk Learnings•30 minutes
Examine liquidity risk, asset-liability management, and securitization structures in financial markets.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 63 minutes
- Deciphering the Liquidity Continue•8 minutes
- Securitization•10 minutes
- Details of Securitization•8 minutes
- Flows in Securitization Process•7 minutes
- Asset-Liability Maturity Management•6 minutes
- Collateralized Debt Obligation•7 minutes
- Funding Liquidity and Market Liquidity•8 minutes
- Factors Contributing to Crisis•5 minutes
- Triggers•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 80 minutes
- Liquidity Concepts•30 minutes
- Securitization Mechanics•10 minutes
- Crisis & Liquidity Risks•10 minutes
- Graded - Liquidity Risk & Securitization•30 minutes
Learn capital market concepts, efficient frontier theory, and portfolio risk-return relationships.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videos•Total 72 minutes
- Previous Financial Crisis•12 minutes
- Principles for Effective Risk Data Aggregation•8 minutes
- Risk Reporting•9 minutes
- Efficient Market Hypothesis•8 minutes
- Efficient Frontier•2 minutes
- Security and Capital Market•8 minutes
- Formulas•7 minutes
- Calculation of Average•10 minutes
- Standard Division of Portfolio•7 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Crisis and Risk Data Management•10 minutes
- Market Theory Basics•10 minutes
- Portfolio Concepts•10 minutes
- Graded - Financial Markets & Portfolio Theory•30 minutes
Apply probability concepts and advanced portfolio metrics to real-world financial risk scenarios.
What's included
13 videos5 assignments
13 videos•Total 105 minutes
- Example of CML•9 minutes
- Portfolio Possibilities Curve•5 minutes
- Maximum Sharpe Ratio•12 minutes
- Tracking Error and IR•6 minutes
- Capital Market Line•6 minutes
- Conclusion-Efficient Frontier•6 minutes
- Introduction to Probabilities•7 minutes
- Probabilities Sums•5 minutes
- Permutation and Combination•11 minutes
- Joint Probabilities•6 minutes
- Normal Distribution Example•12 minutes
- Conditional Probability Example•9 minutes
- Joint and Posterior Probability•11 minutes
5 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Portfolio Optimization•10 minutes
- Advanced Portfolio Metrics•10 minutes
- Probability Foundations•10 minutes
- Applied Probability in Risk•10 minutes
- Graded - Probability & Portfolio Applications•30 minutes
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