FIN 537

Spring 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6

Financial Risk Management

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Credit: 4 hours.

Covers selected topics in financial risk management. The focus is on statistical techniques used in financial risk management rather than risk management practice, cases, or valuation issues. The course will cover the value-at-risk (VaR) measure and expected shortfall, statistical techniques useful to model financial market returns, and techniques used to model the joint distribution of defaults on fixed income instruments. The course will also cover additional topics such as retail credit risk, risk budgeting, and economic capital modelling.

Prerequisite: FIN 500 or FIN 512 (concurrent enrollment allowed); IE 522, or consent of instructor.

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FIN 537 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	74070	Lecture-Discussion	C	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	241 Wohlers Hall	Pearson, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Financial Engineering, MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC, MS:Business Analytics - UIUC, or MS:PA Risk Mgmt - UIUC.
	74071	Lecture-Discussion	D	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	241 Wohlers Hall	Pearson, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Financial Engineering, MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC, MS:Business Analytics - UIUC, or MS:PA Risk Mgmt - UIUC.