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TOPIC OUTLINE, READINGS,

able to deal with them effectively. As

TEST WEIGHTINGS

such, the Exams are comprehensive in

The Study Guide sets forth primary

nature, testing a candidate on a number

topics and subtopics covered in the FRM

of risk management concepts and

Exam Part I and Part II. The topics were

approaches.

selected by the FRM Committee as ones that risk managers who work in practice today have to master. The topics and

READINGS
Questions for the FRM Exams are related

their respective weightings are reviewed

to and supported by the readings listed

yearly to ensure the Exams are timely

under each topic outline. These readings

and relevant. The study Guide also

were selected by the FRM Committee

contains a full listing of all the readings

to assist candidates in their review of

that are recommended as preparation

the subjects covered by the Exams. It is

for the FRM Exam Part I and Part II.

strongly suggested that candidates review

Key concepts (knowledge points)

these readings in depth prior to sitting for

appear as bullet points at the beginning

each exam. All of the readings listed in the

of each section and are intended to help

FRM Study guide are available through

candidates identify the major themes

GARP. Further information can be found

and knowledge areas associated with

on the GARP website.

that section.
FRM EXAM PREP PROVIDERS
FRM EXAM APPROACH
The FRM Exams are practice-oriented.

Some candidates may want to more formally review the materials with FRM

The questions are derived from a

Preparation Providers (EPPs). A list of

combination of theory, as set forth in

EPPs that have registered with GARP can

the readings, and “real-world” work

be found at the GARP website. GARP

experience. Candidates are expected

does not endorse any Exam Preparation

to understand risk management

Provider but merely lists them as a

concepts and approaches, and how

service to FRM candidates.

they would apply to a risk manager’s day-to-day activities. It is rare that a risk manager will be faced with an issue that can immediately be slotted into one category. In the real world, a risk manager must be able to identify any number of risk-related issues and be

In the real world, a risk manager must be able to identify any number of riskrelated issues and be able to deal with them effectively.

On the following pages, an asterisk after a reading title indicates that the reading is freely available on the GARP website.

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FRM Exam Part I
Topics and Readings

Foundations of Risk Management
Part I Exam Weight | 20%

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Creating value with risk management

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The role of risk management in corporate governance

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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

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Financial disasters and risk management failures

•

The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

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Risk-adjusted performance measurement

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Multi-factor models

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Information risk and data quality management

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4

Basic risk types, measurement and management tools

Ethics and the GARP Code of Conduct

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Readings for Foundations of Risk Management
1.

Michel Crouhy, Dan Galai, and Robert Mark, The Essentials of Risk Management, 2nd Edition (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2014).
• Chapter 1. Risk Management: A Helicopter View (Including Appendix 1.1. Typology of Risk Exposures)
• Chapter 2. Corporate Risk Management: A Primer
• Chapter 4. Corporate Governance and Risk Management

2. James Lam, Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls, 2nd Edition (Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley & Sons, 2014).
• Chapter 4. What is ERM?
3. René Stulz, “Governance, Risk Management and Risk-Taking in Banks,” Finance Working Paper
427/2014 (June 2014).
4. Steve Allen, Financial Risk Management: A Practitioner’s Guide to Managing Market and Credit Risk,

2nd Edition (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2013).
• Chapter 4. Financial Disasters
5. John Hull, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 4th Edition (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2015)
• Chapter 6. The Credit Crisis of 2007
6. René Stulz, “Risk Management Failures: What are They and When Do They happen?” Fisher College of
Business Working Paper Series, October 2008.
7. Edwin J. Elton, Martin J. Gruber, Stephen J. Brown and William N. Goetzmann, Modern Portfolio Theory

and Investment Analysis, 9th Edition (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2014).
• Chapter 13. The Standard Capital Asset Pricing Model
8. Noel Amenc and Veronique Le Sourd, Portfolio Theory and Performance Analysis (West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, 2003).
• Chapter 4. Applying the CAPM to Performance Measurement: Single-Index Performance Measurement
Indicators (Section 4.2 only)
9. Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, and Alan J. Marcus, Investments, 10th Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013).
• Chapter 10. Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multifactor Models of Risk and Return
10. Anthony Tarantino and Deborah Cernauskas, Risk Management in Finance: Six Sigma and Other Next

Generation Techniques (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2009).
• Chapter 3. Information Risk and Data Quality Management
11. “Principles for Effective Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting,” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publication, January 2013).
12. GARP Code of Conduct.*

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FRM Exam Part I
Topics and Readings

Quantitative Analysis
Part I Exam Weight | 20%

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Estimating the parameters of distributions

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Population and sample statistics

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Bayesian analysis

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Statistical inference and hypothesis testing

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Correlations and copulas

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Estimating correlation and volatility using EWMA and

GARCH models

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Volatility term structures

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Linear regression with single and multiple regressors

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Time series analysis

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6

Discrete and continuous probability distributions

Simulation methods

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Readings for Quantitative Analysis
13. Michael Miller, Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management, 2nd Edition (Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons, 2013).
• Chapter 2. Probabilities
• Chapter 3. Basic Statistics
• Chapter 4. Distributions
• Chapter 6. Bayesian Analysis (Pages 113-124 only)
• Chapter 7. Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals
14. John Hull, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 4th Edition (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2015).
• Chapter 11. Correlations and Copulas
15. James Stock and Mark Watson, Introduction to Econometrics, Brief Edition (Boston: Pearson, 2008).
• Chapter 4. Linear Regression with One Regressor
• Chapter 5. Regression with a Single Regressor
• Chapter 6. Linear Regression with Multiple Regressors
• Chapter 7. Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals in Multiple Regression
16. Francis X. Diebold, Elements of Forecasting, 4th Edition (Mason, Ohio: Cengage Learning, 2006).
• Chapter 5. Modeling and Forecasting Trend (Section 5.4 only—Selecting Forecasting Models Using the
Akaike and Schwarz Criteria)
• Chapter 7. Characterizing Cycles
• Chapter 8. Modeling Cycles: MA, AR, and ARMA Models
17. John Hull, Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 9th Edition (New York: Pearson, 2014).
• Chapter 23. Estimating Volatilities and Correlations for Risk Management
18. Chris Brooks, Introductory Econometrics for Finance, 3rd Edition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014).
• Chapter 13. Simulation Methods (Note: EViews and other programming references are not required).

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FRM Exam Part I
Topics and Readings

Financial Markets and Products
Part I Exam Weight | 30%

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•

Structure, mechanics, and valuation of forwards, futures,

swaps and options

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Hedging with derivatives

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Interest rates and measures of interest rate sensitivity

•

Foreign exchange risk

•

Corporate bonds

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Mortgage-backed securities

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8

Structure and mechanics of OTC and exchange markets

Rating agencies

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Readings for Financial Markets and Products
19. John Hull, Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 9th Edition (New York: Pearson, 2014).
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Mechanics of Futures Markets
• Chapter 3. Hedging Strategies Using Futures
• Chapter 4. Interest Rates
• Chapter 5. Determination of Forward and Futures Prices
• Chapter 6. Interest Rate Futures
• Chapter 7. Swaps
• Chapter 10. Mechanics of Options Markets
• Chapter 11. Properties of Stock Options
• Chapter 12. Trading Strategies Involving Options
• Chapter 26. Exotic Options
20. Robert McDonald, Derivatives Markets, 3rd Edition (Boston: Pearson, 2012).
• Chapter 6. Commodity Forwards and Futures
21. Anthony Saunders and Marcia Millon Cornett, Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management

Approach, 8th Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2014).
• Chapter 13. Foreign Exchange Risk
22. Jon Gregory, Central Counterparties: Mandatory Clearing and Bilateral Margin Requirements for OTC

Derivatives (West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2014).
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Exchanges, OTC Derivatives, DPCs and SPVs
• Chapter 3. Basic Principles of Central Clearing
• Chapter 14 (section 14.4 only). Risks Caused by CCPs: Risks Faced by CCPs
23. Frank Fabozzi (editor), The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities, 8th Edition (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2012).
• Chapter 12. Corporate Bonds, by Frank Fabozzi, Steven Mann and Adam Cohen
24. Bruce Tuckman, Angel Serrat, Fixed Income Securities: Tools for Today’s Markets, 3rd Edition (Hoboken: Wiley, 2011).
• Chapter 20. Mortgages and Mortgage-Backed Securities
25. John B. Caouette, Edward I. Altman, Paul Narayanan, and Robert W.J. Nimmo, Managing Credit Risk:

The Great Challenge for Global Financial Markets, 2nd Edition (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2008).
• Chapter 6. The Rating Agencies

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FRM Exam Part I
Topics and Readings

Valuation and Risk Models
Part I Exam Weight | 30%

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•

Expected shortfall (ES)

•

Stress testing and scenario analysis

•

Option valuation

•

Fixed income valuation

•

Hedging

•

Country and sovereign risk models and management

•

External and internal credit ratings

•

Expected and unexpected losses

•

10

Value-at-Risk (VaR)

Operational risk

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Readings for Valuation and Risk Models
26. Linda Allen, Jacob Boudoukh and Anthony Saunders, Understanding Market, Credit, and Operational

Risk: The Value at Risk Approach (New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004).
• Chapter 2. Quantifying Volatility in VaR Models
• Chapter 3. Putting VaR to Work
27. Kevin Dowd, Measuring Market Risk, 2nd Edition (West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, 2005).
• Chapter 2. Measures of Financial Risk
28. John Hull, Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 9th Edition (New York: Pearson, 2014).
• Chapter 13. Binomial Trees
• Chapter 15. The Black-Scholes-Merton Model
• Chapter 19. Greek Letters
29. Bruce Tuckman, Fixed Income Securities, 3rd Edition (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2011).
• Chapter 1. Prices, Discount Factors, and Arbitrage
• Chapter 2. Spot, Forward and Par Rates
• Chapter 3. Returns, Spreads and Yields
• Chapter 4. One-Factor Risk Metrics and Hedges
• Chapter 5. Multi-Factor Risk Metrics and Hedges
30. Aswath Damodaran, “Country Risk: Determinants, Measures and Implications - The 2015 Edition”
(July 14, 2015). (Pages 1-45 only).
31. Arnaud de Servigny and Olivier Renault, Measuring and Managing Credit Risk (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2004).
• Chapter 2. External and Internal Ratings
32. Gerhard Schroeck, Risk Management and Value Creation in Financial Institutions (New York:
John Wiley & Sons, 2002).
• Chapter 5. Capital Structure in Banks (Pages 170-186 only)
33. John Hull, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 4th Edition (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons, 2015).
• Chapter 23. Operational Risk
34. Philippe Jorion, Value-at-Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk, 3rd Edition (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2007).
• Chapter 14. Stress Testing
35. “Principles for Sound Stress Testing Practices and Supervision” (Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision Publication, May 2009).

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FRM Exam Part II
Topics and Readings

Market Risk Measurement and Management
Part II Exam Weight | 25%

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• Parametric and non-parametric methods of estimation

• VaR mapping

• Backtesting VaR

• Expected shortfall (ES) and other coherent risk measures

• Extreme value theory (EVT)

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Modeling dependence: Correlations and copulas

•

Term structure models of interest rates

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Discount rate selection

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12

VaR and other risk measures

Volatility: Smiles and term structures

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Readings for Market Risk Measurement and Management
36. Kevin Dowd, Measuring Market Risk, 2nd Edition (West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, 2005).
• Chapter 3. Estimating Market Risk Measures: An Introduction and Overview
• Chapter 4. Non-parametric Approaches
• Chapter 7. Parametric Approaches (II): Extreme Value
37. Philippe Jorion, Value-at-Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk, 3rd Edition (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2007).
• Chapter 6. Backtesting VaR
• Chapter 11. VaR Mapping
38. “Messages from the Academic Literature on Risk Measurement for the Trading Book,” Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Working Paper No. 19, Jan 2011.
39. Gunter Meissner, Correlation Risk Modeling and Management (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2014).
• Chapter 1. Some Correlation Basics: Properties, Motivation, Terminology
• Chapter 2. Empirical Properties of Correlation: How Do Correlations Behave in the Real World?
• Chapter 3. Statistical Correlation Models—Can We Apply Them to Finance?
• Chapter 4. Financial Correlation Modeling—Bottom-Up Approaches (Sections 4.3.0 (intro), 4.3.1, and 4.3.2 only)
40. Bruce Tuckman and Angel Serrat, Fixed Income Securities, 3rd Edition (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons, 2011).
• Chapter 6. Empirical Approaches to Risk Metrics and Hedges
• Chapter 7. The Science of Term Structure Models
• Chapter 8. The Evolution of Short Rates and the Shape of the Term Structure
• Chapter 9. The Art of Term Structure Models: Drift
• Chapter 10. The Art of Term Structure Models: Volatility and Distribution
41. John Hull, Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 9th Edition (New York: Pearson, 2014).
• Chapter 9. OIS Discounting, Credit Issues, and Funding Costs
• Chapter 20. Volatility Smiles

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FRM Exam Part II
Topics and Readings

Credit Risk Measurement and Management
Part II Exam Weight | 25%

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•

Default risk: Quantitative methodologies

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Expected and unexpected loss

•

Credit VaR

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Counterparty risk

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Credit derivatives

•

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Credit analysis

Structured finance and securitization

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Readings for Credit Risk Measurement and Management
42. Jonathan Golin and Philippe Delhaise, The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook, 2nd Edition (Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons, 2013).
• Chapter 1. The Credit Decision
• Chapter 2. The Credit Analyst
43. Arnaud de Servigny and Olivier Renault, Measuring and Managing Credit Risk (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2014).
• Chapter 3. Default Risk: Quantitative Methodologies
44. René Stulz, Risk Management & Derivatives (Florence, KY: Thomson South-Western, 2002).
• Chapter 18. Credit Risks and Credit Derivatives
45. Allan Malz, Financial Risk Management: Models, History, and Institutions (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons, 2011).
• Chapter 6. Credit and Counterparty Risk
• Chapter 7. Spread Risk and Default Intensity Models
• Chapter 8. Portfolio Credit Risk (Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 only)
• Chapter 9. Structured Credit Risk
46. Jon Gregory, Counterparty Credit Risk and Credit Value Adjustment: A Continuing Challenge for Global

Financial Markets, 2nd Edition (West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2012).
• Chapter 3. Defining Counterparty Credit Risk
• Chapter 4. Netting, Compression, Resets, and Termination Features
• Chapter 5. Collateral
• Chapter 7. Central Counterparties
• Chapter 8. Credit Exposure
• Chapter 10. Default Probability, Credit Spreads, and Credit Derivatives
• Chapter 12. Credit Value Adjustment
• Chapter 15. Wrong-way risk
47. Michel Crouhy, Dan Galai and Robert Mark, The Essentials of Risk Management, 2nd Edition (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2014).
• Chapter 9. Credit Scoring and Retail Credit Risk Management
• Chapter 12. The Credit Transfer Markets—and Their Implications
48. Moorad Choudhry, Structured Credit Products: Credit Derivatives & Synthetic Sercuritization, 2nd

Edition (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2010).
• Chapter 12. An Introduction to Securitization
49. Adam Ashcraft and Til Schuermann, “Understanding the Securitization of Subprime Mortgage Credit,”
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports, No. 318 (March 2008).

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FRM Exam Part II
Topics and Readings

Operational and
Integrated Risk Management
Part II Exam Weight | 25%

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•

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

•

Risk appetite frameworks and IT infrastructure

•

Internal and external operational loss data

•

Modeling operational loss distributions

•

Model risk

•

Risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC)

•

Economic capital frameworks and capital allocation

•

Liquidity risk:

• Liquidity adjustments to VaR measures

• Liquidity risk in financial and collateral markets

• Repurchase agreements and refinancing

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Failure mechanics of dealer banks

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Stress testing banks

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Principles for sound operational risk management

Regulation and the Basel Accords

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Readings for Operational and Integrated Risk Management
50. “Principles for the Sound Management of Operational Risk,” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Publication, June 2011).
51. Brian Nocco and René Stulz, “Enterprise Risk Management: Theory and Practice,” Journal of Applied
Corporate Finance 18, No. 4 (2006): 8–20.
52. “Observations on Developments in Risk Appetite Frameworks and IT Infrastructure,” Senior Supervisors Group, December 2010.
53. Marcelo G. Cruz, Gareth W. Peters, and Pavel V. Shevchenko, Fundamental Aspects of Operational Risk

and Insurance Analytics: A Handbook of Operational Risk (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2015)
• Chapter 2: OpRisk Data and Governance
54. Philippa X. Girling, Operational Risk Management: A Complete Guide to a Successful Operational Risk

Framework (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2013).
• Chapter 8. External Loss Data
• Chapter 12. Capital Modeling
55. “Operational Risk—Supervisory Guidelines for the Advanced Measurement Approaches,” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publication, June 2011). Paragraph 1-42 (intro) and 160-261 (modeling) only.
• Paragraphs 1-42. Introduction
• Paragraphs 160-261. Modelling
56. Michel Crouhy, Dan Galai and Robert Mark, The Essentials of Risk Management, 2nd Edition (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2014).
• Chapter 15. Model Risk
• Chapter 17. Risk Capital Attribution and Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurement
57. “Range of Practices and Issues in Economic Capital Frameworks,” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publication, March 2009).
58. “Capital Planning at Large Bank Holding Companies: Supervisory Expectations and Range of Current
Practice,” Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 2013.
59. Bruce Tuckman, Angel Serrat, Fixed Income Securities: Tools for Today’s Markets, 3rd Edition (New
York: Wiley, 2011).
• Chapter 12. Repurchase Agreements and Financing
60. Kevin Dowd, Measuring Market Risk, 2nd Edition (West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, 2005).
• Chapter 14. Estimating Liquidity Risks
61. Allan Malz, Financial Risk Management: Models, History, and Institutions (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons, 2011).
• Chapter 11. Assessing the Quality of Risk Measures (Section 11.1)
• Chapter 12. Liquidity and Leverage
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Readings for Operational and Integrated Risk Management
62. Darrell Duffe, 2010. “The Failure Mechanics of Dealer Banks,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 24:1,
51-72.
63. Til Schuermann. “Stress Testing Banks, prepared for the Committee on Capital Market Regulation,”
Wharton Financial Institutions Center (April 2012).
64. John Hull, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 4th Edition (Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley & Sons, 2015).
• Chapter 15. Basel I, Basel II, and Solvency II
• Chapter 16. Basel II.5, Basel III, and Other Post-Crisis Changes
• Chapter 17. Fundamental Review of the Trading Book

Optional Regulatory Readings for Reference
Candidates are expected to understand the objective and general structure of important international regulatory frameworks and general application of the various approaches for calculating minimum capital requirements, as described in the readings above. Candidates interested in the complete regulatory framework can review the following:
65. “Basel II: International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: A Revised Framework— Comprehensive Version,” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publication, June 2006).*
66. “Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems—Revised
Version,” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publication, June 2011).*
67. “Basel III: The Liquidity Coverage Ratio and Liquidity Risk Monitoring Tools,” (Basel Committee on
Banking Supervision Publication, January 2013).*
68. “Revisions to the Basel II Market Risk Framework—Updated as of 31 December 2010,” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publication, February 2011).*
69. “Basel III: the net stable funding ratio.” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publication,
October 2014).*

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FRM Exam Part II
Topics and Readings

Risk Management and
Investment Management
Part II Exam Weight | 15%

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Portfolio construction

•

Portfolio risk measures

•

Risk budgeting

•

Risk monitoring and performance measurement

•

Portfolio-based performance analysis

•

Hedge funds

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Readings for Risk Management and Investment Management
70. Richard Grinold and Ronald Kahn, Active Portfolio Management: A Quantitative Approach for Produc-

ing Superior Returns and Controlling Risk, 2nd Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000).
• Chapter 14. Portfolio Construction
71. Philippe Jorion, Value-at-Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk, 3rd Edition (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2000).
• Chapter 7. Portfolio Risk: Analytical Methods
• Chapter 17. VaR and Risk Budgeting in Investment Management
72. Robert Litterman and the Quantitative Resources Group, Modern Investment Management: An Equilib-

rium Approach (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2003).
• Chapter 17. Risk Monitoring and Performance Measurement
73. Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, and Alan J. Marcus, Investments, 10th Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013).
• Chapter 24. Portfolio Performance Evaluation
74. Andrew Ang, Asset Management: A Systematic Approach to Factor Investing (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).
• Chapter 13. Illiquid Assets (Excluding Section 13.5—Portfolio Choice with Illiquid Assets)
75. G. Constantinides, M. Harris and R. Stulz, eds., Handbook of the Economics of Finance, Volume 2B
(Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 2013).
• Chapter 17. Hedge Funds, by William Fung and David Hsieh
76. Kevin R. Mirabile, Hedge Fund Investing: A Practical Approach to Understanding Investor Motivation,

Manager Profits, and Fund Performance (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Finance, 2013).
• Chapter 11. Performing Due Diligence on Specific Managers and Funds

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FRM Exam Part II
Topics and Readings

Current Issues in
Financial Markets
Part II Exam Weight | 10%

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Risk measurement

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Funding and liquidity during market shocks

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Liquidity regulation and lender of last resort

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Global financial markets liquidity

•

Benchmark rates

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Risk in central counterparties

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Regulatory stress testing

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Cybersecurity

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Readings for Current Issues in Financial Markets
77. Glasserman, Paul. (2012). Forging Best Practices in Risk Management (Note: Only Section 2: Firm-Level
Issues in Risk Measurement). Office of Financial Research Working Paper #0002.*
78. Yorulmazer, Tanju. (2014). “Case Studies on Disruptions During the Crisis”. FRBNY Economic
Policy Review.*
79. “Why do we need both liquidity regulations and a lender of last resort? A perspective from Federal
Reserve lending during the 2007-09 U.S. financial crisis”. Federal Reserve Board. February 2015.*
80. Global financial markets liquidity study (Note: Sections 1, 2, and 4 only). PwC. August 2015.*
81. Duffie, Darrell and Stein, C. Jeremy. (2015). “Reforming LIBOR and Other Financial Market
Benchmarks”. Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 29, Number 2. Spring 2015. pp 191–212.*
82. Froukelien Wendt. (2015). “Central Counterparties: Addressing their Too Important to Fail Nature”. IMF
Working Paper.*
83. German Gutierrez Gallardo (NYU), Til Schuermann (Oliver Wyman), Michael Duane (Oliver Wyman).
2015. “Stress Testing Convergence”.*
84. “Cybersecurity 101: A Resource Guide for Bank Executives”. Conference of State Banking Supervisors.
December 2014.*

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2016 FRM Committee Members
Dr. René Stulz (Chairman)

Ohio State University

Richard Apostolik

Global Association of Risk Professionals

Richard Brandt

Citibank

Dr. Christopher Donohue

Global Association of Risk Professionals

Hervé Geny

London Stock Exchange

Keith Isaac, FRM

TD Bank

Steve Lerit, CFA

UBS Wealth Management

William May

Global Association of Risk Professionals

Michelle McCarthy

Nuveen Investments

Dr. Victor Ng

Goldman Sachs & Co

Dr. Elliot Noma

Garrett Asset Management

Dr. Matthew Pritsker

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Dr. Samantha Roberts, FRM

PNC

Liu Ruixia

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Dr. Til Schuermann

Oliver Wyman

Nick Strange, FCA

Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority

Serge Sverdlov

Redmond Analytics

Alan Weindorf

Promontory Financial Group

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