With the increasing complexity of financial services and the large number of recent financial crises, risk management has become more important than ever before. Today not only banks, but also fund administrators employ risk managers to provide them with a dedicated focus on managing risk. This course provides participants with a theoretical and practical foundation in risk management for financial services.

Credit risk is the oldest form of financial risk. Although credit risk has existed since antiquity, we still have not perfected the way in which we manage it. This course provides participants with a good understanding of credit risk and the methods for managing it effectively.

The Subprime Crisis of 2008 has often been described as a “liquidity crisis”. Since 2008, liquidity risk has become a major area of focus in risk management. The challenge for banks is how to manage their liquidity and protect themselves against liquidity risk. The purpose of this course is to provide participants with a good understanding of liquidity risk and how to manage it.

Market risk covers all the forces that shape the situation in financial markets. In that sense, its impact is practically universal and therefore extremely important. The objective of this course is to provide participants with a good understanding of market risk and how it is managed.

The importance of operational risk management can hardly be overstated. Cases of mismanaging operational risk and the dire consequences from doing so have become all too famous through the financial press. This course provides participants with a solid understanding of operational risk and how to manage it.