Events, Courses & Seminars

Investment risk measurement and management (IOM)

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Location: BPP Online Classroom Live

Observation number one: Not all Risk is bad. Too much risk aversion will likely result in missing out on upside opportunities. Risk management involves defining what level of risk is deemed acceptable & then striving to target those appropriate levels. However, Risk cannot be managed easily unless it can be measured. There is no silver bullet out there for this task, but a range of tools to be employed where appropriate.

Learning Outcomes
Have you noticed that Markets tend to go up slowly & down quickly? People tend to think about Risk only on the downside, not the upside. This program is designed to offer an insight into the (traditionally numerically impenetrable) world of Risk from an Investor standpoint.

Course Content
Measuring Investable risk
Volatility – Statistical probability and the dispersion of returns
Do we live in a 'Normal' world?
Fat Tails in Finance & Black Swans explained.
A look at Wall Street's 'Fear Gauge' – The Vix Index
A tool from the Sell Side of the Market - Value at Risk – will it work?
Tools from the Buy Side of the Market – Sharpe & Information Ratios – Risk adjusted performance measurement

Bookings are made using the link below. Please email ci-pd@bpp.com with any queries.

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