Risk Management and Financial Institutions

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and describe the main risks faced by financial
institutions (banks, insurance companies and pension
funds, mutual funds).
- Explain the trade-off between risk and return and how
financial institutions make money by taking on and
managing risk.
- Identify and describe the main techniques banks use to
measure and manage risks (credit risk, market risk,
operational risk, liquidity risk).
- Explain the prudential regulation framework of the
financial sector and its effect on financial institutions' risk
taking.