Understanding Financial Risk Management

Learn to understand and manage financial risks in businesses of all sizes in a few short lectures.

Understanding Financial Risk Management
Understanding Financial Risk Management

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Learn to understand and manage financial risks in businesses of all sizes in a few short lectures.

Course Objective


  • To simplify Financial Risk Management

  • To teach you about the different financial risks and products.

  • To give you an overview of risks, tools and work through some real examples

  • Try to (very quickly) give you a framework/way of thinking for financial risk analysis and management

  • To NOT get “bogged-down” in details and calculations


The course includes the following subjects:


  • 1. What is Risk?

  • 2. Liquidity Risk

  • 3. Market Risk

  • 4. Financial Products

  • 5. Credit Risk

  • 6. Operational Risk

  • 7. Historical Crisis Examples

  • 8. Multiple Risk Situations

  • 9. FRM Case Study: Overseas acquisition

  • 10. FRM Case Study: Robinhood x Gamestop 2020

  • 11. FRM Case Study: Charles Ponzi 1920


Financial Risk Management is about identifying potential risks and their likelihood. The potential financial risks in business and life are numerous but being able to estimate the likelihood and potential impact of a risk allows us to make positive decisions in the face of uncertainty. After studying this course you should have all the mental tools required to be able to make better business decisions in the face of risky situations.


After you have completed the course I look forward to hearing your thoughts and any questions you may have so that we can learn together, and that I can improve and update the course as and when necessary.