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Week 2: Introduction

How can investors manage risk? Watch Prof Pasquale Scaramozzino explain more in this introductory video.

The very idea of managing risk may strike us as a paradox: how can we possibly manage what is unpredictable? Is it possible to manage risks at all?

Lead Educator Pasquale Scaramozzino introduces the main topics in Week 2 of our course, including behavioural finance and risk-sharing models such as those adopted in Islamic finance.

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Risk Management in the Global Economy

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