Recent economic and political forces around the world, including challenges in Greece, China and other economies, falling oil and other commodity prices, along with fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, have had a significant impact on many businesses. The increase in these financial risks has mandated that companies revisit their strategies related to these risks and their financial statement disclosures. 

This tool will focus on management tools and techniques for mitigating market-oriented financial risks, including three commonly used approaches to quantifying financial risks - regression analysis, Value-at-Risk analysis, and scenario analysis.