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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Banca e finanza - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Financial risk management (2015/2016)
Teaching code
4S02484
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-S/06 - MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCES
Period
primo semestre dal Sep 28, 2015 al Jan 8, 2016.
Learning outcomes
The course is prepared for students with basic prerequisites of probability and statistics, and of financial and insurance markets.
The objective of the course is to describe the main risks which can have an impact on the banking and insurance activity, and to provide to the students the main mathematical and statistical methodologis for risk evaluation and control. The course will also introduce the guidelines of the regulatory framework for risk control.
Program
1. Interest rate risk
a. The repricing gap model
b. Duration and convexity
c. Cash-flow mapping
d. Liquidity risk
2. Market risk
a. Parametric VaR
b. Methods for volatility estimation
c. Non-parametric VaR. Simulation methods: Monte Carlo and historical simulations
d. Stress testing and back-testing
e. Expected shortfall
3. Credit risk
a. Credit scoring, logit and probit regressions
b. Merton's model
c. Revovery rate
d. Rating
4. Operational risk
a. Measuring extreme risks
b. The generalized Pareto distribution
c. Catastrophal risks. Elements of Extreme Value Theory
5. Regulation in banks and insurance
a. Capital requirements
b. The Basel agreements
c. Solvency II
Textbooks
Resti e Sironi, Rischio e valore nelle banche, Egea Ed.
(English edition: Resti and Sironi, Risk management and shareholders's value in banking, Wiley)
Furhter reading:
Christoffersen, Elements of financial risk management, Elsevier Ed.
Embrechts, Kluppelberg, Mikosh, Modelling Extremal Events for Insurance and Finance, Springer Ed.
Examination Methods
Written Exam (50%) + Project Work (50%).
The Project Work, to be decided with the Teacher, is a small paper, with length less than 10 pages, which illustratates the valuation of the risk of an actual financial or insurance portfolio. The Project Work needs to be completed to gain access to the written exam.
