Course Outline
 

Course Title

 

SEC Mandated Risk Disclosures

Course Category

   Online
Target Audience  

Internal auditors, inspectors, financial controllers, back-office staff, accountants, compliance officers, treasurers and financial control staff, external auditors

Continuing Education

 

3 MX CE Credits

Prerequistes

  A basic understanding of probabilities (a review is included in the course)
Course 411 - Introduction to Financial Risk Measurement is strongly recommended.
Participants who wish to examine this issue in more depth may wish to complete this course through: 424 - Value at Risk Methods
Objectives   This course provides the necessary knowledge to apply and interpret SEC market risk disclosure requirements. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
·1 Describe the basic components of a SEC market risk disclosure for both derivative financial instruments and commodity instruments.
·2 Prepare a qualitative disclosure of market risk as required by the SEC.
·3 Prepare a quantitative disclosure of market risk using the three alternative methods as
required by the SEC.
·4 Contrast the information reported under each alternative method through the analysis of an example.
·5 Interpret market risk disclosures.
Exercises are suggested as you are progressing throughout this course, allowing you to assess your level of understanding of a particular subject. A case study examining a simplified situation will exemplify the process that must be followed to compute an SEC market risk disclosure.
Subject by level  

Topics  

Section 1: Introduction
-  Foreword
-  Scope
-  Qualitative Disclosures

Section 2: Quantitative Disclosures
-  Sensitivity Analysis: Definition
-  Sensitivity Analysis: Computational Steps
-  Value At Risk (VAR)
  
 

Duration   This online course is equivalent to an in-class course with a duration of 3 hours. Online courses are self-paced, and the time necessary to complete each course will vary with each student
Time to comple the course   Six months (user account can be deactivated after this period)
Date   Available now

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