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Financial Risk Management 1

"Financial Risk Management 1" Module is part of the "Certified Credit Risk Officer (C-CRRO)" training program.

Description

The purpose of the module is to cover the basic principles of financial risk management in today’s form. The objective is to equip the participants with the academic and professional background and decision-making tools that are necessary in corporate financial risk management. The course blends theory and practice with particular focus shed on day-to-day practical problems faced by firms’ executives. 

Target Audience

  • Executives of all levels that wish to broaden their knowledge around financial risk management
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Professionals with a non-financial background including especially engineers and legal advisors
  • Business Management and Marketing Executives
  • Human Resources Management Professionals
  • Project Management Professionals
  • Internal Auditors

Subject Areas

The Financial System
  • The structure of the financial system
  • Financial Markets and Financial Institutions
Bond valuation
  • How bond prices vary with interest rates
  • The term structure of interest rates
  • Corporate Bonds and the risk of Default
Initial Public Offerings and valuation
  • The mechanics of IPOs
Introduction to risk and return and estimating the cost of equity capital
  • Introduction to Risk and Return
  • Measuring and Calculating Portfolio Risk
  • Individual Securities Affecting Portfolio Risk
Net present value and other investment criteria
  • Payback
  • Internal Rate of Return
  • Choosing Capital Investments when resources are limited
Applying the investment criteria in corporate decision making
  • Making Investment Decisions with the Net Present Value Rule
  • Applying the NPV rule
The Weighted Average Cost of Capital
  • Calculating the WACC
  • The WACC in practice
Payout policy
  • Alternative payout methods
  • Payout taxes and signaling theory
Financial planning
  • Long term planning
  • Short term planning
  • Cash flow budgeting

What you will learn

  • You will understand the basic principles in modern finance theory,
  • You will be able to implement theoretical knowledge and formulas in everyday managerial financial risk management problems,
  • You will apply acquired knowledge in setting out capital budgeting problems,
  • You will assist decision making with regard to investment and capital expenditure problems,
  • You will comprehend the implications of risk in capital markets,
  • You will assess and manage corporate payout policy and corporate capital structure.

Seminar Timetable

Date
1st & 2nd Teaching Hour
Break
3rd & 4th Teaching Hour
27th of September
10.30 - 12.00
12:00 - 12:15
12:15 - 13:45
1st of October
18:30 - 20:00
20:00 - 20:15
20:15 - 21:45
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Course Start Date
27 of September 2024

Cost of Attendance

400 €
  • 8 Hours
  • Live Online
  • Attendance Certificate
Application for Registration

Lecturer

Epameinondas <br/>Katsikas PhD, FHEA, CMBE
Epameinondas
Katsikas PhD, FHEA, CMBELecturer in Accounting at Kent Business School

Lecturer in Accounting at Kent Business School, University of Kent
Visiting professor at the University of Bologna, Italy and Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan


 Dr Epameinondas Katsikas is a Lecturer in Accounting at Kent Business School, University of Kent and a visiting professor at the University of Bologna, Italy and Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan. He holds a BSc degree in accounting from Strayer University, USA, an MBA degree from Leicester University, UK and PhD in Accounting from Durham University Business School, UK. Before starting his PhD, Epameinondas worked in the private and the public sector in business administration and the field of accounting. Has worked as an accountant in the private and public sector, finance officer in the finance department of a Greek university and owner of his own accounting practice. Epameinondas has taught previously at Durham University, Queen Mary University, Oxford Brookes University, University of Kent, Bologna University and Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and also at the University of London, global MBA (online). Currently a research fellow at the Hellenic Observatory of Corporate Governance (hocg.eu). Has published his work in international peer-reviewed journals and presented parts of his work at leading international conferences. His teaching interests lay in the area of management accounting, financial accounting, performance measurement, change, benchmarking, financial statement analysis and management control systems, CSR and corporate governance. Has taught at Masters programmes in accounting and finance, MBA, and at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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Chris <br/>Grose PhD
Chris
Grose PhDAssistant Professor in International Hellenic University

Professor of Finance in the University of London
Senior Research Fellow Hellenic Observatory of Corporate Governance

Chris Grose is an Assistant Professor at the International Hellenic University. He has a PhD in Finance from the University of Macedonia and an MSc in Money, Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham. He has over 12 years of experience teaching subjects in Finance and Accounting mainly at a postgraduate level. He has extensive online teaching experience with various institutions. He teaches Finance in the Global MBA of the University of London and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory of Corporate Governance. Chris does consulting work for public organizations and private firms, while he has over 18 years of experience working for finance departments and consulting firms. His consultancy work focuses on both finance and corporate governance issues as well as in business process restructuring and business consultancy projects for public firms, organisations and SMEs. His broad research interests lie in the areas of corporate finance, institutional investing and corporate governance. His current research agenda focuses more specifically on corporate finance, investments, corporate restructurings and entrepreneurial finance. He has published in the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money and the International Review of Financial Analysis amongst other journals.

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