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The document provides an overview of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, emphasizing their importance in creating and managing financial products while addressing associated risks. It outlines key concepts, types of risks, and risk management strategies, along with the benefits of financial engineering. Additionally, it discusses the use of Python as a programming language for financial analysis, including installation instructions and recommended tools.

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The document provides an overview of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, emphasizing their importance in creating and managing financial products while addressing associated risks. It outlines key concepts, types of risks, and risk management strategies, along with the benefits of financial engineering. Additionally, it discusses the use of Python as a programming language for financial analysis, including installation instructions and recommended tools.

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Financial Engineering & Risk Management

MFIM 7111

Tamirat T.(PhD)
February 19, 2025
Addis Ababa University
School of Comerce

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management
Programming language (Python)

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Introduction
Introduction
Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management

What is Financial Engineering?

• Financial engineering is the application of mathematical techniques


to design, develop and implement financial products, services and
processes.
• It involves the use of financial theory, mathematics,
computer science, and engineering to create and manage financial
instruments, portfolios, and risk management strategies.

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Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management

Examples of Financial Engineering

• Derivatives (e.g. futures, options, swaps)


• Structured products (e.g. collateralized debt obligations,
mortgage-backed securities)
• Risk management strategies (e.g. hedging, diversification)

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Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management

Benefits of Financial Engineering

• Provides greater flexibility and customization of financial products to


meet specific needs and objectives.
• Enables risk management and hedging of financial risks.
• Increases liquidity in financial markets.

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Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management

What is Risk Management?

• Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and


controlling risks that arise from financial transactions or business
operations.
• It involves the use of financial instruments and strategies to manage
the potential negative impact of these risks.

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Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management

Types of Risks

• Market risk: the risk of losses due to changes in market prices or


interest rates.
• Credit risk: the risk of losses due to default by a borrower or
counterparty.
• Operational risk: the risk of losses due to inadequate or failed
internal processes, people, and systems.
• Liquidity risk: the risk of not being able to meet cash flow needs or
to sell assets quickly enough to meet obligations.

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Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management

Risk Management Strategies

• Hedging: using financial instruments to offset or reduce the impact


of a particular risk.
• Diversification: spreading risk across different assets or investments.
• Insurance: transferring risk to a third party through insurance
policies.
• Derivatives: using derivatives to manage risks associated with
changes in market prices or interest rates.

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Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management

Importance of Risk Management

• Helps to minimize losses and protect assets.


• Helps to ensure financial stability and sustainability.
• Helps to maintain investor confidence and trust.
• Helps to meet regulatory requirements and standards.

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Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management

To summarize,

• Financial engineering and risk management are essential components


of modern financial markets.
• They provide a means of creating and managing financial
instruments and portfolios that meet specific needs and objectives,
while managing the associated risks.
• Proper risk management is crucial for the long-term success and
sustainability of businesses and financial markets.

For further reading, (Beder and Marshall, 2011)

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Introduction
Programming language (Python)

Why Python for Finance?

• Ease of use
• Open source www.python.org
• Its is growing faster than predicted in the finance sector, giving way
to a faster and better analysis of stock market.
• works quickly and integrate systems more effectively. Integration
with Excel.

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Introduction
Programming language (Python)

Installation

• Obtain a recent distribution for your machine; the most recent one
can always be found at www.python.org. As of to day the latest
version is Python 3.11.3.
• Ubuntu: Most Linux distributions come with Python installed.
Check for the version. For Ubuntu operating system open the
terminal, write python3 -V and enter.
• Anaconda: an alternative Python distribution, look at
https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual. If you
install it, you get not only Python, but also the R language and
other important packages.

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Programming language (Python)

Spyder

• An integrated Development Environment is an enhanced text editor


that also provides features such as integrated code execution,
documentation, and debugging
• Spyder is an excellent free IDE that is particularly well suited for
computing and data analysis using Python.
• Other IDEs: e.g., Eclipse, PyCharm, Atom
• For this course, Spyder IDE is recommended. It was specifically
created for Python programming and in particular for scientific
computing with Python.

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Introduction
Programming language (Python)

The Jupyter Notebook

• Write the command $ jupyter notebook.


• Online resource with no installation:
https://colab.research.google.com/

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Introduction
Programming language (Python)

Getting started

We will see a brief introduction to programming in Python. Lab1.ipynb

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Introduction
Programming language (Python)

For further reading, you may look the following references:


(Hilpisch, 2014, 2018; Lewinson, 2020),

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References
Beder, T. S. and Marshall, C. M. (2011). Financial engineering: the
evolution of a profession, volume 2. John Wiley & Sons.
Hilpisch, Y. (2014). Python for Finance: Analyze big financial data. "
O’Reilly Media, Inc.".
Hilpisch, Y. (2018). Python for finance: mastering data-driven finance.
O’Reilly Media.
Lewinson, E. (2020). Python for Finance Cookbook: Over 50 recipes for
applying modern Python libraries to financial data analysis. Packt
Publishing Ltd.

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