Value at Risk - e-Learning course

Value at Risk

USD $150

Description

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the basic principles of value at risk (VaR).
  • Examine in-depth, the parametric and historical simulation methods.
  • Explore ways to compensate for fat-tailed volatility (kurtosis) and time-weighting, in the measurement of VaR.
  • Measure VaR for a portfolio of 3 or more investments using portfolio risk sensitivities (DGV), volatility and correlation (Excel).

Duration:

1.5 hours

Audience:

Target audience

  • Staff and management in Risk, Finance, Operations, Audit, Risk IT, and Front Office, in financial organizations globally.
  • College and University students who aspire to become risk management professionals.

Recommended Course Prerequisites:

How long do I have to complete this course?

You will have access to course content for 270 days from enrollment date and can choose to complete the course at any time during this period.

Content

Course Content

Audio-Visual Content and Course Duration:

  • The time that it takes to complete the course will be determined by your desired pace. It’s estimated that you will spend up to 2 hours to complete the course.
  • The total viewing time of lesson presentations is 1-1.5 hours;  individual lesson topics are between 5-15 minutes each, presented as audio-visual content.
  • The time needed to complete each exercise presented is between 10-20 minutes, based on your level of engagement.
  • The exam is allocated 1 hour.

Downloadable Content:

  • The exercises presented in lessons are provided in a downloadable Excel spreadsheet. This will enable you to practice the exercises, side-by-side with the lesson presentations.
  • A downloadable PDF is provided as a text version of the lessons presentations. This can be used as reference and to make notes, as you go through the presentations.

Exam and Certificate:

  • The course exam is comprised of questions in the form of true/false, multiple choice, sorting choice, and fill in the blank.
  • A personalized course certificate will be issued to you with a minimum score of 50%.
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