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Anyone can register to take the exam. FRM certification is awarded after a candidate has passed two rigorous multiple choice exams (FRM Exam Part I and Part II) and demonstrated two years of relevant work experience. Candidates must take the FRM Exam Part I before taking Part II. Certified FRMs are strongly encouraged to earn 40 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) every two years to maintain the latest best practices in risk management
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Foundations of Risk Management include the following:
1. Basic risk types, measurement and management tools
2. Creating value with risk management
3. The role of risk management in corporate governance
4. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
5. Financial disasters and risk management failures
6. The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
7. Risk-adjusted performance measurement
8. Multifactor models
9. Data aggregation and risk reporting
10. Ethics and the GARP Code of Conduct
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Quantitative Analysis include the following:
1. Discrete and continuous probability distributions
2. Estimating the parameters of distributions
3. Population and sample statistics
4. Bayesian analysis
5. Statistical inference and hypothesis testing
6. Estimating correlation and volatility using EWMA and GARCH models
7. Volatility term structures
8. Correlations and copulas
9. Linear regression with single and multiple regressors
10. Time series analysis and forecasting
11. Simulation methods
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Financial Markets and Products include the following:
1. Structure and functions of financial institutions
2. Structure and mechanics of OTC and exchange markets
3. Structure, mechanics, and valuation of forwards, futures, swaps, and options
4. Hedging with derivatives
5. Interest rates and measures of interest rate sensitivity
6. Foreign exchange risk
7. Corporate bonds
8. Mortgage-backed securities
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Valuation and Risk Models include the following:
1. Value-at-Risk (VaR)
2. Expected shortfall (ES)
3. Stress testing and scenario analysis
4. Option valuation
5. Fixed income valuation
6. Hedging
7. Country and sovereign risk models and management
8. External and internal credit ratings
9. Expected and unexpected losses
10. Operational risk
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Market Risk Measurement and Management include the following:
1. VaR and other risk measures
2. Parametric and non-parametric methods of estimation
3. VaR mapping
4. Backtesting VaR
5. Expected shortfall (ES) and other coherent risk measures
6. Modeling dependence: correlations and copulas
7. Term structure models of interest rates
8. Volatility: smiles and term structures
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Credit Risk Management include the following:
1. Credit analysis
2. Default risk: Quantitative methodologies
3. Expected and unexpected loss
4. Backtesting VaR
5. Credit VaR
6. Counterparty risk
7. Credit derivatives
8. Structured finance and securitization
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Operational and Integrated Risk Management include the following:
1. Principles for sound operational risk management
2. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and enterprise-wide risk governance
3. IT infrastructure and data quality
4. Internal and external operational loss data
5. Methods of determining operational risk capital for regulatory purposes
6. Model risk and model validation
7. Extreme value theory (EVT)
8. Risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC)
9. Economic capital frameworks and capital planning
10. Liquidity risk measurement and management
11. Failure mechanics of dealer banks
12. Stress testing banks
13. Third-party outsourcing risk
14. Risks related to money laundering and financing of terrorism
15. Regulation and the Basel Accords
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Risk Management and Investment Management include the following:
1. Factor theory
2. Portfolio construction
3. Portfolio risk measures
4. Risk budgeting
5. Risk monitoring and performance measurement
6. Portfolio-based performance analysis
7. Hedge funds
The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Current Issues in Financial Markets include the following:
1. Credit loss provisioning, IFRS 9/CECL
2. Machine learning and “big data”
3. Central clearing and risk transformation
4. The failure of covered interest rate parity
5. FinTech credit
6. Corporate culture