
An important aspect of the financial services industry is the management of financial risk on behalf of its customers and owners. To discuss the risks faced by a financial services firm is, therefore, to address one of the core reasons for its existence. For risk management practitioners, that is what gives the disciplines within risk management their importance – and their intellectual appeal. The basic concepts are not difficult to grasp, as will be seen as we progress through this course, but understanding their interrelationship is sometimes less straightforward. Accordingly, this course will help professionals advance their intellectual and practical appeal in the following areas: