Time taken to complete each Course:
Two - Three hours
1.
Review of Statistical Concepts
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The
various statistical measures viz., measures
of central tendency and measures of dispersion
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The
statistical relationship between the standard
deviation and confidence intervals for normal
distributions
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The
concept of correlation and volatility and
the methods to calculate them
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The
concept of Value at Risk
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The
concept of trading and banking book
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The
various methodologies of estimating VaR and
their strengths and weaknesses
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The
comparison between the strength and limitation
of VaR
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The computation of VaR of foreign exchange
spot, foreign exchange options positions,
common shares/stocks, fixed income portfolio
including portfolio
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The
various applications of VaR
4. Application of Analytical Techniques
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The framework of the analytical techniques
- gap, duration, simulation and value at risk
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The
concept and assumption under each techniques
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The
comparison and analysis of each techniques
across various parameters
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The
application of techniques with real life case
studies
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How market risk can be regulated
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The
purpose of regulatory capital
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The
various approaches applied to capital charges
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The various methods to measure value at risk
such as parametric, historical simulation
and monte carlo simulation
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The
comparison among the various methods according
to their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages
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The
process of value at risk implementation
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The
concept of stress testing as a complimentary
tool to value at risk analysis
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The
creation of hypothetical and historical scenarios
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The
implementation of stress test scenarios into
market risk modeling
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The
growing use of stress testing to risk managers
9. Risk Management Systems
10. Case Study - Orange County
11.
Case Study - Barings Bank
12. Case Study - Matellgesellschaft
13. Description of Advanced VaR Models
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The
various emerging forms of VaR viz., Component
VaR and Del VaR
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The
impact on individual trades on Total VaR using
these forms
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The
advancements in Monte Carlo Simulation
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The
variance reduction techniques employed for
Monte Carlo Simulation
14. Advanced Measuring Volatility and Correlation
- The
concept of volatility and volatility clustering
- The
conditional volatility models viz., Exponential
Moving Average approach and GARCH
- The
importance of time errors and the impact of
crashes on correlation and its effect on VaR
calculation
15. Advanced Scenario Analysis and Stress Tests
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The
application of stress testing to a group of
reporting firms through aggregation
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The
various techniques like Maximum Loss and Extreme
Value Theory
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How
systematic stress testing is used with the
help of stress test matrices
16. Risk Adjusted Performance Measurement
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