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  • ‘Risk Management in the Financial Markets’

Program description

We would like to offer you a brand new and unique master’s program, which has aggregated the fundamental knowledge of financial management and applied competencies of risk management, taking into account the heterogeneity of the activities carried out by financial market institutions in the digital age. Graduate students will master the statistical and mathematical tools of risk assessment, methods of managing risk appetite, and capital adequacy. Our alumni will be able to realize their professional competencies in leading financial market institutions, including commercial banks, the Bank of Russia, rating agencies, consulting and auditing companies, insurance organizations, financial companies, etc.

Program managers

Larionova Irina Vladimirovna

  • Doctor of Economics, Professor.
  • Authored more than 80 papers, including two monographs.
  • Supervises PhD students. 
  • Laureate of the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2001), Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education (2013), Honorary Worker of the Financial Academy (2009).

Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to

  • Implement risk management processes, using emergency management, crisis management, risk assessment and hedging methods;
  • Establish acceptable levels of risk at the strategic level;
  • Apply methods and mechanisms for building integrated systems for managing aggregate risks by financial market participants, taking into account stress factors.

Key disciplines of the concentration

Strategies of Financial Market Institutions and Risks

Risk management system of financial institutions and applied aspects of management.

Modern Practice of Risk Management in Financial Market Institutions

Financial stability of financial and credit institutions and ways to ensure it.

Financial Derivative Instruments in Risk Management

Modern concepts of financial risk management and decision-making.

Career

Our graduates build successful careers in the departments of analytics, risk assessment and management, organization and maintenance of internal control and audit, and treasury, commercial banks, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, rating agencies, consulting and auditing companies, insurance companies, brokerage, etc. 

Organizations where you can find a job

Unique advantages of the program

The master’s program focuses on training specialists with comprehensive knowledge and applied competencies in the field of risk management in financial markets, taking into account their heterogeneity in a constantly changing external environment.

On mastering the program, graduates master the statistical and mathematical tools of risk assessment, methods of managing risk appetite, and capital adequacy.

Graduates of the program will be able to realize their professional competencies in leading financial market institutions, including commercial banks, the Bank of Russia, rating agencies, consulting and auditing companies, insurance organizations, financial companies, etc.

Some disciplines are taught in English, and online courses are actively offered during the course of training.

The practice-oriented nature of the program will allow you to master a unique set of competencies and make non-standard decisions on managing the risk profile of a financial intermediary.