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Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > 2009-2010 Course Listing > Advanced Risk Management and Infrastructure Finance
API-148: Advanced Risk Management and Infrastructure Finance
Faculty: Akash Deep
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 9/2 | ||
| Meet Day | M/W | 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM | L280 |
| Review | F | 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM | L332 |
Description
The course presents an advanced treatment of the theory of financial risk management and its application to infrastructure finance. The theory presented in the course covers the topics of economic and financial rate of return, measurement of risk exposure, cost of funds, capital structure, valuation methods, dynamic hedging using futures and swaps, and credit risk models and derivatives. Applications, discussed mostly in the form of infrastructure cases, will examine issues related to project finance, public/private partnerships, project selection, risk allocation, debt management, commodity and currency risk hedging, structured finance, regulation and privatization. Prerequisite: Prior course in finance at the level of API-141.