FRM Part II

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Market Risk Measurement and Management

  • Estimating Market Risk Measures: An Introduction and Overview

  • Non-parametric Approaches

  • Parametric Approaches (II): Extreme Value

  • Backtesting VaR

  • VaR Mapping

  • Messages from the Academic Literature on Risk Measurement for the Trading Book

  • Correlation Basics: Definitions, Applications, and Terminology

  • Empirical Properties of Correlation: How Do Correlations Behave in the Real World?

  • Financial Correlation Modeling — Bottom-Up Approaches

  • Empirical Approaches to Risk Metrics and Hedging

  • The Science of Term Structure Models

  • The Evolution of Short Rates and the Shape of the Term Structure

  • The Art of Term Structure Models: Drift

  • The Art of Term Structure Models: Volatility and Distribution

  • Volatility Smiles

  • Fundamental Review of the Trading Book

Credit Risk Measurement and Management

  • The Credit Decision

  • The Credit Analyst

  • Capital Structure in Banks

  • Rating Assignment Methodologies

  • Credit Risks and Credit Derivatives

  • Spread Risk and Default Intensity Models

  • Portfolio Credit Risk

  • Structured Credit Risk

  • Counterparty Risk and Beyond

  • Netting, Close-out and Related Aspects

  • Margin (Collateral) and Settlement

  • Future Value and Exposure

  • CVA

  • The Evolution of Stress Testing Counterparty Exposures

  • Credit Scoring and Retail Credit Risk Management

  • The Credit Transfer Markets — and Their Implications

  • An Introduction to Securitisation

  • Understanding the Securitization of Subprime Mortgage Credit

Operational Risk and Resilience

  • Revisions to the Principles for the Sound Management of Operational Risk

  • Enterprise Risk Management: Theory and Practice

  • What is ERM?

  • Implementing Robust Risk Appetite Frameworks to Strengthen Financial Institutions

  • Banking Conduct and Culture: A Permanent Mindset Change

  • Risk Culture

  • OpRisk Data and Governance

  • Supervisory Guidance on Model Risk Management

  • Information Risk and Data Quality Management

  • Validating Rating Models

  • Assessing the Quality of Risk Measures

  • Risk Capital Attribution and Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurement

  • Range of Practices and Issues in Economic Capital Frameworks

  • Capital Planning at Large Bank Holding Companies: Supervisory Expectations and Range of Current Practice

  • Stress Testing Banks

  • Guidance on Managing Outsourcing Risk

  • Management of Risks Associated with Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism

  • Regulation of the OTC Derivatives Market

  • Capital Regulation Before the Global Financial Crisis

  • Solvency, Liquidity and Other Regulation After the Global Financial Crisis

  • High-level Summary of Basel III Reforms

  • Basel III: Finalising Post-Crisis Reforms

  • The Cyber-Resilient Organization

  • Cyber-resilience: Range of Practices

  • Operational Resilience: Impact Tolerance for Important Business Services

  • Principles for Operational Resilience

  • Striving for Operational Resilience: The Questions Boards and Senior Management Should Ask

Liquidity and Treasury Risk Measurement and Management

  • Liquidity Risk

  • Liquidity and Leverage

  • Early Warning Indicators

  • The Investment Function in Financial-Services Management

  • Liquidity and Reserves Management: Strategies and Policies

  • Intraday Liquidity Risk Management

  • Monitoring Liquidity

  • The Failure Mechanics of Dealer Banks

  • Liquidity Stress Testing

  • Liquidity Risk Reporting and Stress Testing

  • Contingency Funding Planning

  • Managing and Pricing Deposit Services

  • Managing Nondeposit Liabilities

  • Repurchase Agreements and Financing

  • Liquidity Transfer Pricing: A Guide to Better Practice

  • The US Dollar Shortage in Global Banking and the International Policy Response

  • Covered Interest Parity Lost: Understanding the Cross-Currency Basis

  • Risk Management for Changing Interest Rates: Asset-Liability Management and Duration Techniques

  • Illiquid Assets

Risk Management and Investment Management

  • Factor Theory

  • Factors

  • Alpha (and the Low-Risk Anomaly)

  • Portfolio Construction

  • Portfolio Risk: Analytical Methods

  • VaR and Risk Budgeting in Investment Management

  • Risk Monitoring and Performance Measurement

  • Portfolio Performance Evaluation

  • Hedge Funds

  • Performing Due Diligence on Specific Managers and Funds

  • Predicting Fraud by Investment Managers

Current Issues in Financial Markets

  • Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Capital Markets Activities

  • The Financial Stability Implications of Artificial Intelligence

  • The Global Drivers of Private Credit

  • Global Financial Stability Report, April 2025 (Chapter 2)

  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Safeguarding Stability and Trust

  • Regulating the Crypto Ecosystem: The Case of Unbacked Crypto Assets

  • Tokenization and Financial Market Inefficiencies

  • Digital Resilience and Financial Stability: The Quest for Policy Tools in the Financial Sector

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