It is essential for financial managers to identify risks accurately and to use the right control techniques. This course begins by introducing the different types of risk, and explains how to use the risk cycle to recognize these risks and control them. The course then moves on to the different types of derivative techniques that can be used to manage risk, including FX risk, short- and long-dated domestic interest rate risk, long-dated foreign interest rate risk, and equity risk. In the final lesson, participants are presented with several case studies that apply what they've learned about using derivatives to manage risk.
Identify how to use a currency swap to manage long-dated foreign interest rate risk.
Define equity risk and beta.
Explain the role of stock index futures in managing equity risk.
Apply derivative techniques to manage translation risk.
Identify elements of transaction risk and how best to manage it using derivatives.
Recognize strategies for managing contingent risk using derivatives.
Risk managers and assistants, trading assistants, finance professionals, auditors and controllers.
Jack Farmer
Jack is currently the Curriculum Director for the New York Institute of Finance. Farmer also acts as an outside adviser for portfolio managers at significant global investment funds. These funds included emerging markets equity funds and global macro hedge funds. Jack serves a variety of functions for the funds he advises, including the development of options strategies, quantitative strategies, and hedging strategies. Additionally, Jack specializes in capitalizing on systemic and macroeconomic imbalances in equity and fixed income markets throughout the world.
Jack specializes in training and consulting solutions for portfolio risk management, FX and interest rate derivatives and trading, equity index and volatility trading, equity derivatives and structured equity products, financial statement analysis and hedge accounting.
Education
BS in Engineering from Tulane University MBA in Finance and Accounting from Tulane University Ph.D. in Finance (ABD) from the University of Texas at Austin