Bangalore University-BU, MBA, Fourth SemesterSyllabus 4.2.3 RISK MANAGEMENT AND DERIVATIVES Module 1: Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting (13 Hours)Meaning of Risk. Types of Risks of a BusinessEnterprise. Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting – Measuring and Managing Capital Budgeting Risks – Sensitivity Analysis, Scenario Analysis, Simulation, Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation, Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate Method, Certainty Equivalent Coefficient Method, Decision Tree Analysis and Probability Distribution Method. Module 2: Investment Risks and Derivatives (10 Hours)Meaning of Derivatives. Types of Derivatives – Forward Agreements, Future Contracts – Terms Associated with Futures – Stock Futures and Index Futures, Differences between Forwards and Futures, Margin and Settlement Mechanism of Futures. Module 3: Future Contracts – Hedging and Trading (10 Hours)Hedging with Futures – Stock Hedging – When there is a Future Contract Available on the Stock and when there is no Future Contract Available on the Stock. Portfolio Hedging – Adjusting Portfolio Risk, Pricing of Futures. Module 4: Options – Basics and Strategies (10 Hours)Option Contracts – Meaning, Types – Call, Put, American, European. Pay-off and Pay-off Diagrams. Hedging Strategies – Protective Put Strategy and Covered Call Strategy. Trading Strategies with Options – Straddle, Strip, Strap, Strangle, Spreads. Module 5: Option Pricing (8 Hours)Put-Call Parity Theory, Portfolio Replication Method, Risk Neutralisation Method, Binomial Method and Black-Scholes Method. Option Greeks. Module 6: Commodity Risks and Commodity Derivatives (5 Hours)
Commodity Markets, Commodity Exchanges. Commodity Derivatives.