IIM-C to offer course in financial risk

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) and Hughes Global Education have launched Executive Programme in Financial Risk and Investment Management.

The programme will use high frequency live data from Indian and global financial markets using Bloomberg. All sessions beamed through the Hughes’ satellite platform will be held from the IIM Calcutta finance laboratory.

The programme has been designed for executives in banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, KPO, asset management companies, investment banking companies etc.

The classes will be conducted twice a week and fee for the programme is Rs 2.10 lakh.

The programme is divided into 12 modules covering topics like — mathematics, statistics and probability, financial econometrics, corporate finance, investment management, knowledge of financial institutions and markets, financial modelling, knowledge of options, futures and other derivatives, risk management in banks & financial institutions, accounting and taxation for financial instruments and corporate governance.