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This entry is from Winter semester 2021/22 and might be obsolete. You can find a current equivalent here.

Quantitative Risk Management
(dt. Quantitatives Risikomanagement)

Level, degree of commitment Specialization module, depends on importing study program
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Lecture (3 SWS), recitation class (1 SWS) or lecture (2 SWS), recitation class (2 SWS),
180 hours (60 h attendance, 120 h private study)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 6 CP
Course requirement(s): Successful completion of at least 50 percent of the points from the weekly exercises.
Examination type: Written or oral examination
Language,
Grading		 German,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program M.Sc. Business Mathematics.
Subject, Origin Mathematics, M.Sc. Business Mathematics, M.Sc. Business Mathematics, M.Sc. Business Mathematics
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
Regularly alternating with other specialization modules
Person in charge of the module's outline Prof. Dr. Hajo Holzmann

Contents

The basic concepts and models of risk management are discussed, in particular

  • Risk factors, conditional/unconditional loss distributions, risk measures
  • risk aggregation, coherent risk measures, bounds on the aggregated risk
  • Market risk, estimation of risk measures, backtesting
  • Credit risk, Merton model, credit rating and migration, factor models and other statistical models.

Data examples and their analysis with R are treated as illustrations.


Qualification Goals

The students shall

  • learn basic concepts of quantitative risk management, in particular for the financial industry,
  • learn methods for estimating market risk and credit risk,
  • be able to implement them with suitable software,
  • improve their oral communication skills in the recitation class by practicing free speech in front of an audience and during discussion.

Prerequisites

None. The competences taught in the following modules are recommended: either Foundations of Mathematics and Linear Algebra I and Linear Algebra II or Basic Linear Algebra, either Analysis I and Analysis II or Basic Real Analysis, Elementary Stochastics, Financial Mathematics I, Probability Theory, Internship Stochastics.


Recommended Reading

  • McNeil, A., Frey, R. und Embrechts, P. (2005), Quantitative Risk Management. Princeton Series in Finance.
  • Bluhm, C., Overbeck, L., Wagner, C. (2002), Introduction to Credit Risk Modelling. CRC Press/Chapman Hall.



Please note:

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