The CPA Financial Risk Management course provides advanced knowledge of the financial risks facing businesses and equips learners with practical frameworks and mechanisms for managing these risks. Topics include risk management frameworks, types of financial and operational risks, derivatives, funding procurement and management, regulatory requirements, and accounting for risk management instruments.

Course Content

• Risk management frameworks

• Types of financial risk faced by organisations (funding, liquidity, interest rate, FX, commodity, credit, operational risk)

• Responsibilities for financial risk and regulatory requirements

• Control frameworks for managing risk

• Derivatives and their uses

• Assessment, monitoring, and management of financial risk

• Funding procurement and allocation

• Financial instruments for risk management

• Accounting for derivatives (including embedding and hedging)