Financial Risk Management

Undergraduate

This course explores financial risks faced by companies and how they identify, analyze, manage and mitigate those risks. The course touches upon risks associated with four broad topics: (1) merger or acquisition, (2) financing and capital structure, (3) company’s operations, (4) benefits and costs of complicated financial instruments. Each class discusses one specific type of risk and uses a real-life situation, transaction or example to help with discussion Prerequisites: ECON 2121 , ECON 2122 , ECON 2251 SO HTBA