Introduction to Financial Derivatives and Risk Management
Objectives
Risk Management curricular unit pursues two main goals. The first goal is to make students aware of the main risks in an organization focusing in particular on market risk (equity and commodity prices, interest rates, and foreign exchange rates), liquidity and operational risks. The second goal is to introduce students to the variety of financial derivatives (futures, forward, swaps and options) and teach them how these instruments can be useful in managing cash-flows mainly for hedging purposes.
General characterization
Code
33165
Credits
6
Responsible teacher
Luís Pinheiro (IMS)
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
English
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Jorion, Philippe (2009). Financial Risk Manager HandBook. 5th Edition. New York: Wiley Finance Bodie, Z., A. Kane and A. Marcus (1999). Investments. 4th Edition. New York: Irwin McGraw-Hill.
Fabozzi, Frank (2005). The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities. 7th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Smithson, Charles (1998).Managing Financial Risk: A Guide to Derivative Products, Financial Engineering, and Value Maximization. 3rd Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Hull, John (2000).Options, Futures and Other Derivatives. 4th Edition. New York: Prentice Hall.
Teaching method
Theory and practice will be part of the course. Some practical examples are taught in class and others will be provided through homeworks. The final grade of the course will take into account all the homeworks (40%) and final exam (60%). In order to get approved in the course students need a minimum grade of 7 points in the exam and a final weighted average equal or higher than 10 points. Students are encouraged to participate during classes and to read documentation listed in the bibliography of the course. The slides used in the classes are just a summary and should be seen as guideline for more depth reading of the subjects lectured in the course.
Evaluation method
Theory and practice will be part of the course. Some practical examples are taught in class and others will be provided through homeworks. The final grade of the course will take into account all the homeworks (40%) and final exam (60%). In order to get approved in the course students need a minimum grade of 7 points in the exam and a final weighted average equal or higher than 10 points. Students are encouraged to participate during classes and to read documentation listed in the bibliography of the course. The slides used in the classes are just a summary and should be seen as guideline for more depth reading of the subjects lectured in the course.
Subject matter
NA