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Risk Management Strategies - ACTL5304
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Faculty: Australian School of Business
 
 
School:  Actuarial Studies Unit
 
 
Course Outline: http://legacy.handbook.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Equivalent: MFIN6404
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course covers innovative risk management strategies using capital and insurance market techniques including those used in the alternative risk transfer (ART) market. Topics include: product types; securitization; pricing risk-linked securities; credit risk; weather and energy risk; modeling individual risks; industry specific case studies; portfolio considerations; accounting, regulatory and legal issues.

Enrolment requires school approval.

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