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ACE FRM GUIDED

Taught By: FRM, CFA, CQF Charter holders, IIM, IIT Alumni with Industry Experience at Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ESG Consulting Experience

FRM PREPARATIONPERSONALIZED PLANNERTIMED MOCKSFLEXIBLE SCHEDULINGMENTOR FOLLOW-UPSPRIVATE WHATSAPP GROUPDAILY UPDATES
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Program Overview

Master your FRM journey with Risk Inn's ACE FRM Guided program. This program offers a personalized planner with self-curated study aids, along with regular follow-ups with your mentor, Rigved Pimpalkar, FRM. Benefit from tailored strategies for your goals, flexible scheduling to fit your routine, timed mocks to test your progress, and custom plans to stay organized. You'll also get access to a private WhatsApp group with your coach and receive daily updates to keep you on track. Risk Inn focuses on guiding careers with precision, building industry-ready talent through rigorous exam prep, and fostering practical skills.

Key Highlights

Personalized Planner & Study Aids

Receive a personalized planner with self-curated study aids to optimize your FRM preparation.

Regular Mentor Follow-ups

Benefit from regular follow-ups with your FRM mentor, Rigved Pimpalkar.

Tailored Strategies & Flexible Scheduling

Customized strategies to meet your specific goals with flexible scheduling to accommodate your routine.

Timed Mocks & Progress Testing

Assess your progress with timed mock exams designed to simulate the actual FRM exam environment.

Private WhatsApp Group & Daily Updates

Stay connected with your coach and peers through a private WhatsApp group and receive daily updates.

1:1 Mentorship

Access to 1:1 mentorship with an industry-certified FRM expert.

Who Should Explore This Program?

  • FRM aspirants seeking to pass the Financial Risk Manager certification exam.
  • Professionals looking for personalized mentorship and a structured approach to FRM studies.
FRM Exam Insights

Jump Into FRM Prep Success

Quick tips and strategies from top-rated FRM mentors to accelerate your exam preparation

Top Challenges & Getting Started with FRM Preparation - Curriculum, Discipline, Career
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Planning Strategy

Top Challenges & Getting Started with FRM Preparation - Curriculum, Discipline, Career

Facing Challenges balancing work and FRM Prep? Learn strategic planning techniques to optimize your study schedule and maximize your chances of success.

How to Balance 9-5 Work and FRM Prep?
12:35
Balancing Work & FRM Prep.

How to Balance 9-5 Work and FRM Prep?

Discover practical strategies to effectively manage your full-time job while preparing for the FRM exam. Real tips from successful candidates.

How to PLAN your FRM Prep?
15:42
Planning Strategy

How to PLAN your FRM Prep?

Facing challenges balancing work and FRM Prep? Learn strategic planning techniques to optimize your study schedule and maximize your chances of success.

Detailed Curriculum

  • This module helps us learn how do businesses manage their risks, the tools they use to transfer risks.
  • It aims to develop our understanding of various risk and returns models.
  • The module presents various case studies on risk management from recent financial disasters specifically 2007-2009 crisis.
  • Lastly there is a reading on GARP code of conduct.
  • This module helps you to develop foundation of risk management through basics of statistics.
  • It covers basic topics like fundamentals of probability, random variable and some advance topics like Hypothesis testing and its application in risk management, Linear & Multiple Regression, Stationery and non-stationery time series analysis etc.
  • Focus of this module is to develop in depth understanding of various types of distributions like Normal, Log normal, chi-squared, beta and their uses in risk management
  • The first part of this section focuses informing candidates about banks/ Insurance companies & funds and second part focuses of derivative instruments.
  • Derivatives part of this section cover topics like Exchanges and OTC markets, Central clearing, Pricing Forex, futures and option instruments, various options trading strategies, exotic options, Swaps etc.
  • Measures of financial risk – Value at risk (VaR) and its application into risk Management.
  • Measuring and estimating volatility (GARCH model).
  • Measuring credit risk: – Vasicek model, Creditmetrics, Gaussian copula model
  • Fixed Income security: – Interest rates, Duration, convexity, parallel and non-parallel. structure shifts and hedging.
  • Options pricing: – Binomial tree, Black-Scholes Merton, Option Greeks.
  • Risk measures: Parametric non parametric estimation of Var, Extreme value theory (EVT), Back testing VaR, Estimated shortfall.
  • Term structure models of Interest rates (Shape, drift, volatility & distribution).
  • Correlation and its behaviour on real world.
  • Volatility smiles & term structure.
  • For banks and financial institutions, liquidity is one of the most essential resources. This module discusses the sources and uses of liquidity, ways using which banks can manage liquidity, Cash flow modelling, cross-currency funding etc.
  • Other part of module focuses on banks’ Balance sheet management
  • This module majorly discusses small-small aspects of operational risk and how and enterprises can develop resilience against those operational risk.
  • The other part of this module discusses evolution of Basel norms over years.
  • Barring few handful chapters, most on the chapters are text heavy.
  • This module covers topics like Factor theory, Optimal Portfolio construction given investment constraints, portfolio risk management and measurement, risk monitoring and performance measurement, risk budgeting and hedge funds.
  • Module is formula heavy and involves lots of calculations.
  • This module focuses on current issues that have strong impact on financial markets like use of AI and ML uses in financial markets, threats of cyber-attacks on financial systems, transition from reference rate regime to overnight risk free rate, Covid-19 impact on markets, disasters due to climate changes and its impacts on financial institutions.
  • This module focuses on developing understanding credit risks of banks.
  • One part of this module focuses capital structure of banks, how credit ratings are assigned, portfolio credit risk, credits spreads and spread risks and credit risk management using Credit Var.
  • Second part of this module focuses Counter party risk management, Credit value adjustment (CVA), stress testing of counter party risk, retail credit risk and credit scoring.
  • Third part of this module focuses credit risk transfer mechanism like securitization and credit derivatives.

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Faculty for Our FRM Prep

Rigved Pimpalkar, FRM

Rigved Pimpalkar, FRM

FRM Mentor

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Rigved Pimpalkar is a seasoned finance professional with over 5 years of experience in financial risk management, credit risk analysis, and technical analysis. A certified Financial Risk Manager and NSE-certified Technical Analyst, he has worked on developing credit risk frameworks, financial models, and ESG assessments, contributing to the retail sector and sustainability projects. Rigved has successfully conducted technical analysis training programs for over 170 participants and has a proven track record of mentoring aspiring finance professionals. He combines practical expertise with a passion for simplifying complex financial concepts, making him an exceptional mentor for FRM Part 1 and Part 2 students.

The future of risk management lies in the intelligent application of data.
Ripul Dutt

Ripul Dutt

Founder & CEO, IIT, Tulane, USA

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Ripul is the Founder of Risk Inn and has an academic background from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and Tulane University, USA, with over 150 research citations. He has extensive experience in management, business, research, and consulting, with a career spanning India, the USA, and Europe.He has extensive experience in management, business, research, and consulting, with a career spanning India, the USA, and Europe.He is passionate about teamwork and empowering individuals to maximize their talents, drive growth, and foster innovation at Risk Inn.

The future of risk management lies in the intelligent application of data.
Sudhanshu Kanwar, CFA, FRM, CQF

Sudhanshu Kanwar, CFA, FRM, CQF

Mentor, VP- Ex-Goldman Sachs, HSBC

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Mr. Sudhanshu Kanwar, FRM, CFA, CQF, is a seasoned leader with a distinguished career spanning global institutions like HSBC, Goldman Sachs, and the Government of India, he excels in strategy, quantitative finance, and risk management. Certified by Harvard Business School, CFA Institute, GARP, CQF Institute, and Alteryx, he blends technical expertise with innovative problem-solving approaches informed by psychology and cognitive science. A member of the HBR Advisory Council, he brings cutting-edge insights and a proven track record of delivering transformative, data-driven solutions in his senior leadership role at a leading multinational organization.

The future of risk management lies in the intelligent application of data.