Dr. Korajczyk is the Harry G. Guthmann Professor of Finance and the Director of the Zell Center for Risk Research. He is the past editor of many publications and has held visiting faculty appointments at the University of Chicago, where he earned his Ph.D., the University of Vienna, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank and a number of other organizations.
Dr. Korajczyk will be teaching the following two of ten sessions of PRMIA's Complete Course in Risk Management, an intensive one week risk management program offered this summer in partnership with the Kellogg School of Management:
Foundations of Risk Finance Theory:
Risk Theory in Finance: Risk Appetites. Portfolio Theory and Related Analysis. CAPM and its use in Risk Assessment. Capital Structure and Interest Rate Structures.
Markets and Financial Instruments:
Bond Pricing, Options, Futures, Forwards, Swaps, Credit and Other Derivatives. Introduction to Exchange Markets and How Such Instruments Trade Across the Globe.
Click the links below for more information on the Complete Course in Risk Management and Dr. Korajczyk's recognition.
Complete Course in Risk Management
Dr. Richard A. Crowell Memorial Prize
"For far too long, risk managers were viewed as the 'risk police' and were ignored, but now risk management has become more integral to the decision-making process. The most forward-looking companies will integrate risk management into high-level managerial decisions."
- Robert Korajczyk
