Risk Management in the Global Economy

Overview

What is risk? Why does it matter, to us and to the financial markets? What are the principles that drive the management of risk? Can we ensure that these principles are implemented wisely?

This Risk Management in the Global Economy course from SOAS University of London by FutureLearn will look at risk management in its broadest terms, giving you the opportunity to evaluate the crucial role played by risk in the global economy, both in terms of its opportunities and its potential dangers.

Understand financial investments and the associated risks

With experts from the Centre for Financial and Management Studies at SOAS University of London, you’ll look at practical examples of financial investments, to examine:

• the main functions of finance and of risk management

• the main forms of financial investment, such as stocks and bonds, derivatives, futures and options, hedging and speculation strategies

• how firms hedge risk by using financial derivatives

• how risk management is applied in the financial and in the non-financial sector.