Financial Risk Management

Asignatura del Grado en Negocios y Marketing Internacional

Información académica

Code:
80133

Créditos:
6 ECTS

Language:
English

Type of subject: Elective

Description

Currency risk exposure, interest rate risk and price volatility risk, among others. Hedging financial risk with various risk management concepts, tools and techniques linked to derivative products: Futures, Forwards, Options and Swaps.

Learning Outcomes

Discussing the design and implementation of risk management practices. Understanding and using various state-of-the-art risk management theories and practices (loss control, loss financing and internal risk reduction mechanisms), as well as their advancement in the future.

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Lecturer Role

Samer Ajour

Lecturer

Qualifications:

PhD Master in Research on Credit and Risk Management (UPC)
Master in Science – Economics and Finance (UPF)
Master in Business Administration, Full Time MBA Finance Intensification (UIBS)
BS Economics and Finance/Applied Math (AUST)

Biography:

Samer Ajour has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from the American University of Science and Technology, an MBA and an MSc in Finance from UPF and a PhD from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He works as a credit risk analyst and report leader for Spain, the UK, the United Arab Emirates and other markets in EMEA. He teaches mathematics and finance at several business schools. He did research at IESE Business School for a study on investment and investment management in the financial market.