Risk Management of Financial Markets and Institutions

<p>To understand the challenges that regulators and mangers are faced with the course combines a historical and an institutional perspective on financial crises with practical issues in the risk management of financial institutions. The course explains different types of financial crises, why financial intermediaries exists, how to identify, measure and manage risks in financial institutions. The focus is on interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, and foreign exchange and liquidity risks. The course gives a good understanding of how to run financial institutions, sovereign debt crises and how to regulate markets to avoid crises.&nbsp;</p>