Course: Management of Financial Risks

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Course title Management of Financial Risks
Course code UEV/FRFR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vaníček Bernard, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Boháčová Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Risks of doing business in banking Characteristics of basic methods of financial risk measurement Credit risk and its components, segmentation of clients in terms of their creditworthiness, portfolio quality monitoring Credit risk transfer Models of credit risk measurement Operational risk measurement and management Market risk and its components, use of financial derivatives for market risk management Liquidity risk measurement and management, gap analysis Capital adequacy of banks and financial groups Risk adjusted return Risks of doing business in insurance, actuarial risk in life and non-life insurance Solvency of insurance companies, Solvency II pillars

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Skills training
  • Term paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 78 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the issues of risk management in banking and insurance. Explain the basic principles, methods, and techniques of financial risk management, provide students with knowledge of possible tools for quantification and management of market, credit and operational risk, liquidity risk and actuarial risk.
A student who has successfully completed the course can: classify individual risks in banking and insurance and propose solutions for their elimination; name and describe the various stages of the risk management and risk analysis process; explain methods of market risk management, VaR - parametric and historical method, Monte Carlo method; explain methods of operational risk mamangement, RCSA, risk catalog, heat map; explain methods of credit risk mamangement (segmentation of clients in terms of their creditworthiness, creation of application and behavioral scorecards, PD, portfolio quality monitoring - vintage analysis, roll rate analysis); explain methods of managing life and non-life underwriting risk. A student who has successfully completed the subject will be able to: be knowledgeable in the regulation of Basel II, Basel III and Solvency II; be knowledgeable in the types of risk that affect the bank and the insurance company; be knowledgeable in the theoretical area of methods, as well as practical skills in their application using statistical software packages and Excel spreadsheet; create a basic catalog of the bank's risks and heat map; create an application scorecard for the client segment in terms of their creditworthiness ; aggregate individual capital requirements taking into account any correlations among individual risk classes. A student who has successfully completed the course is able to: include the consideration of risk and their potential impacts in problem solving; clearly and convincingly communicate to experts and laypeople information about the risk management in the bank and in the insurance company.
Prerequisites
Supposes knowledge of functions of different finantial institutions.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Self project defence, Presentation

Credit: independent continuous solution of assigned practical tasks, continuous written testing with evaluation at least 60% Exam: oral
Recommended literature
  • BESSIS, J. Risk Management in Banking. San Francisco, 2015.
  • BLÁHOVÁ, N. Rizika bank a jejich regulace. Praha, 2018. ISBN 978-80-87865-47-7.
  • CIPRA, T. Finanční a pojistné vzorce. Praha, 2006.
  • CIPRA, T. Riziko ve financích a pojišťovnictví: Basel III a Solvency II. Praha, 2015. ISBN 978-80-87865-24-8.
  • DICKSON, D. C. M. Insurance Risk and Ruin. Cambridge, 2016.
  • MÁLEK, J. Model řízení finančních rizik. Praha, 2011.
  • ŘEZÁČ, F. Řízení rizik v pojišťovnictví. Brno, 2011.


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