Course # 42525 Section Number 1 Day(s) Tu- Th Time(s) 2:00pm-3:20pm Term Fall 2023 Course Instructor Thomas Coleman Syllabus Draft Syllabus 9/18/23 This course will be a small hands-on seminar focused on the tools and techniques traders and managers use to measure and manage market risk: Volatility, VaR, Contribution to Risk, Best Hedges, and Replicating Portfolios. The seminar will be built around the sample portfolio and risk reporting in Chapter 10 of Professor Coleman's book Quantitative Risk Management. Students will be required to translate from Mathematica into python the code for producing the risk reports. This will provide students with practical training in python coding. The financial theory behind the risk measures will also be covered to gain a deeper understanding of the ideas and quantitative foundations of financial risk reporting. Students must have taken PPHA 42510 Applied Financial Management to enroll. Instructor consent is required for this course. Notes Instructor consent is required for this course. Course Prerequisite Students must have taken PPHA 42510 Applied Financial Management to enroll. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Fall 2023 Financial Risk Management Tools Thomas Coleman Tuesday, Thursday 2:00pm-3:20pm Syllabus Recent News Alumni Profile: Geet Chawla, MPP’21 Thu., September 21, 2023 Ali Fendrick and Troy Boyd Jr., Both AM'19, Apply Harris Toolkit to Schools in Chicago Wed., September 20, 2023 More news Upcoming Events Application Drop In Mon., September 25, 2023 | 3:00 PM Impact Investing and ESG Evening Reception with Kamran Khan, Gabriel Presler, and Professor Justin Marlowe Tue., September 26, 2023 | 5:00 PM Gleacher Center 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. Room 300 Chicago, IL 60611 United States More events
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