Rizvi Institute of Management Studies & Research
Teaching Plan – Semester III
Tuesday, 4th July 2017 – Sunday, 5th November 2017
Faculty Details
Name of the Subject Derivatives and Risk Management
Name of Faculty Bhaskar Sinha
Mobile 7045641699
Email [email protected]
Assessment Details
Type of Paper Core
Duration 3 Hours
Marks
40
Internal Assessment
Marks
60
Written Assessment
Total Marks 100
Reference Material
Sr. No. Name of the Book Author
Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, 7th Ed,
1 John C. Hull
Prentice Hall
Derivatives and Risk Management, Oxford
2 Rajiv Srivastava
University Press
3
Classroom Requisites for Students
Sr. No. Requisites
1 Calculators (Must)
2 Basic Excel
1
Session Plan
Session
Session Coverage Session Requisite
No.
Introduction to Risk management,Derivatives, Types
1 1
& Classification, uses & misuses
Forwards & futures – definitions, differences, pricing,
2 relationship between future and spot prices, types of 2
futures. Etc
Hedging – perfect & imperfect hedging , basis risk ,
3 2
optimal hedge ratio
Stocks & index futures,FRA,Interest rate
4 3
futures,treasury bond futures
Swaps- IRS,Currency swaps,rationale for
5 2
swaps,comparative advantage
Options – basics, terminology,moneyness of
6 1
options,types,difference between F&O
First Internal Assessment
7 1
Option pricing- put call parity, binomial option
8 3
pricing, black& Scholes option pricing models
Option sensitivities , option Greeks, delta
9 1
hedging,Theta,Gamma, other greeks
10 Option strategies 2
11 Second Internal Assessment 1
12 Exotic option ; primer 1
13 VaR 2
14 Revision session 2
15 Problem Solving 2
2
Internal Assessment
Sr. Type of Internal Group /
Task Marks Timeline
No. Assessment Individual
1 MCQs 20 Individual 2 Hrs
2 Problem solving 20 Individual 3 hrs
NOTE: study notes/slides will be provided on selected topics. Problem solving and cases are an
integral part of our pedagogy, henceforth, students are advised to bring their calculators for their
classes.
No internal retakes/or change of test dates would be entertained without the prior
permission of the course coordinator. Each internal will be of 20 marks each.