East Asia Institute of Management 东亚管理学院 (EASB) English

Risk Management for Managers

This course addresses the leading causes of financial fallouts in the past, and all else that are still impending to repeat. It is an area that is most crucial to all corporations, and yet often neglected.

It unravels past risk management methodologies employed in the treasury ambient, and makes a comparison with new methods researched and developed in modern day banking.

Regulations and constrains that some banks and corporations meet that prohibited new risk management systems to be adopted will be discussed.

Objective:

1. To enlighten risk managers and all professionals in the risk involved in treasury products from various methods of measurements.
2. To pinpoint the faults in various risk management methods.
3. To introduce Value At Risk and its applications to various products.

Outline:

1. A brief rundown of past events and risk management fallouts – the collapse of Barings, Asian Financial Crisis, Subprime Mortgage meltdown etc.
2. Loop holes for scandals
3. Past risk management methods
4. Mark to market valuation
5. Value At Risk Management
6. VAR Historical simulations
7. VAR Variance covariance
8. VAR Monte Carlo simulation

For whom:
Bankers and corporate professionals, all of whom are involved directly or indirectly with risk management.

Duration:
1 day

Fees
$450                              
*Subject to prevailing GST of 7%.

Trainer Profile
Mr Lai Kum Hung has his forte in treasury activities with regard to the trading and sales of derivative instruments with various blue-chip banks both here in Singapore, Holland, and in London, and has worked extensively with their private and corporate banking arm. He was also a financial analyst, a senior consultant in Seoul, Korea - consulting on treasury activities and risk management for the banking industry, and a full time trainer with institutions of higher learning (SMa, Raffles Acadamy, PSB etc). He has conducted countless seminars, workshops, and courses to both institutional and private clients in all of his capacities either in classroom settings, or on-site training to various corporations in the Asia Pacific region. Kum Hung graduated from an Ivy-league university in the US (Columbia University) with an MBA, and earned his bachelor degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the State University of New York.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
1.   Replacements are allowed without charge. Please inform us of the replacement in writing at least 3 days before the commencement date.
2.   Cancellation received less then 10 working days prior to the workshop will carry a 30% administration fee.
3.   Confirmation will be sent out via email 2 weeks prior to the commencement date.
4.   EASB reserves the right to reschedule/cancel a workshop in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
 

For further information, please contact 6370 8865 / 6278 5550, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it