
Financial Risk Management Issues
The ICAP - Risk Training Institute and the Centre for Lifelong Learning of the University of Piraeus create for the first time an integrated professional Mastering Credit Risk programme for credit risk managers
The thematic areas of the "Mastering Credit Risk" training programme, the training method, examinations, and accreditation by the University of Piraeus guarantee the provision of essential and practical knowledge, with the sole purpose of upgrading the role of credit management executives, which involves better cash flow, collection, and profitability results for companies.
The Module "Financial Risk Management Issues" as a part of the broader training programme "Mastering Credit Risk", offers the opportunity to the participants to attend it as an independent seminar and be awarded the relevant Certificate of Attendance by the Centre for Lifelong Learning of the University of Piraeus. For the attendance of each module, ECVETs are awarded, while corporate participants can also subsidized by OAED-LAEK.
Description
The environment in which enterprises and investors have operated over the last years is characterized by increased and intense volatility in the prices of financial products. Factors that have contributed to this are the globalization of markets, an unprecedented free investment and speculative capital movement worldwide, and investors' growing demand for higher returns. In this new status quo, both business executives and prospective investors are asked to address a series of risks that affect various fields of financial activity.
The objective of this seminar is to provide an in-depth and practical presentation of the various types of financial risk that are faced by today's business executives within the context of their key functions, either in a company or as external investors, as well as the methods that are available to them to address those risks. In the context of this module, it is analyzed how various financial risks affect the evaluation of capital investments and total business value.
Target Audience
- Entrepreneurs
- Chief Financial Officers
- Business Management and Marketing Executives
- Supply Chain Executives
- Project Management Professionals
- Internal Auditors
- Executives other than Financial Managers who should be aware of the financial risks that are faced by their company.
- Human Resources Management Professionals
- Legal Professionals
- Financial analysts, portfolio managers, venture capital business executives who are involved in the investment arena and wish to expand and deepen their knowledge and tools that they can use in their job.
Subject Areas
- Defining and Identifying:
- Market Risk
- Default Risk
- Foreign Exchange Risk
- Interest Rate Risk
- Liquidity Risk
- Systematic v. Firm Specific Risk
- Risk Measurement
- Variance/Standard Deviation
- Levered & Unlevered Betas
- Value at Risk
- Risk Premium
- Fixed Investment Evaluation at Risk
- Decision Trees
- Scenario Analysis
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Simulation
- Business Value & Financial Risk
- Dividend Discount Models
- Free Cash Flow Models
- Relative Valuation Models
What you will learn
- You will acquire knowledge on the financial risks that are faced by an enterprise
- You will understand how you can quantify financial risk
- You will become aware of how business executives can evaluate investments in capital equipment by taking into account the risk undertaken.
- You will understand how financial risk affects business value
- You will be able to connect the concepts of investment risk, performance, and value better and on the right basis.
Seminar Timetable
Date | 1st & 2nd Teaching Hour | Break | 3rd & 4th Teaching Hour | Break | 5th Teaching Hour |
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2nd of March | 10.30 - 12.00 | 12:00 - 12:15 | 12:15 - 13:45 | ||
10th of March | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 | ||
17th of March | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 | ||
19th of March | 18.30 - 20.00 | 20:00 - 20:15 | 20.15 - 21.45 | ||
23rd of March | 10.30 - 12.00 | 12.00 - 12.15 | 12.15 - 13.45 |

Course Start Date
March 2021
Cost of Attendance
- 20 Hours
- Synchronous e-Learning
- Attendance Certificate
- Subsidized by LAEK
Lecturer

Καθηγητής Τµήµα Οργάνωσης & ∆ιοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων, Πανεπιστήµιο Πειραιώς
O Παναγιώτης Αρτίκης είναι Καθηγητής στο Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς, Τμήμα Οργάνωσης & Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων. Είναι κάτοχος Πτυχίου από το Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, Τμήμα Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων, Μεταπτυχιακού Τίτλου στη Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων (ΜΒΑ in International Banking and Finance) από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Birmingham και Διδακτορικού Διπλώματος στη Χρηματοοικονομική Διοίκηση από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Bradford.Έχει διατελέσει για μια δεκαετία υψηλόβαθμο στέλεχος στο χώρο των επενδύσεων σε εταιρείες διαχείρισης αμοιβαίων κεφαλαίων και ως μέλος επενδυτικής επιτροπής ασφαλιστικών ταμείων. Επίσης, έχει λάβει πιστοποίηση επαγγελματικής επάρκειας από την Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς για την ειδικότητα «Διαχείρισης Χαρτοφυλακίου». Τα ερευνητικά και διδακτικά του ενδιαφέροντα είναι στο χώρο της Χρηματοοικονομικής Διοίκησης, διαχείρισης και αξιολόγησης χαρτοφυλακίων επενδύσεων, διαχείρισης κινδύνου και της αποτίμησης αξιογράφων.
Τα τελευταία είκοσι χρόνια διδάσκει σε προπτυχιακά και μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα σπουδών (Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο, Διεθνές Πανεπιστήμιο Ελλάδος, Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο) και σε σεμινάρια επαγγελματικής επιμόρφωσης. Επίσης, έχει επιβλέψει μεταπτυχιακές διπλωματικές εργασίες και διδακτορικές διατριβές και έχει λάβει επί σειρά ετών τον τίτλο καλύτερης διδακτικής επίδοσης από το Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.