Financial Risk Management (N1569)

15 credits, Level 6

Autumn teaching

This module introduces the risks faced by all types of companies and financial institutions involved with the financial markets. It analyses credit risk in some detail, but the focus is on market risk analysis, using Excel spreadsheets and GenAI tools to enhance learning.

Learning is enhanced using a set of interactive Excel workbooks providing practical tools for market risk assessment and mitigation for different types of financial assets and instruments, including fixed income products, international equities and options.

 

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.