Learning Platform - "Markets & Trading"
Course: Weather risk
About the online training programme
This course covers weather risk. It sets out what weather elements companies can be exposed to. Attention is given to the characteristics of these weather elements and the circumstances they can bring along, as well as their impact on the financial performance of an organisation. Weather data are covered as well. By means of examples it is explained what makes data relevant and what these are used for.
Course Contents
This course covers the following video lessons:
- Weather risk & weather risk management
- Climate versus weather
- Precipitation-related exposures
- Precipitation-related exposures – Hydro power plants
- Storms, typhoons & hurricanes
- Weather data analysis
- Indicators – Weather indices
- Indicators – Weather index – Degree day
- Indicators – Weather index – CHI
- Risk mitigation – Introduction
- Risk mitigation – Structuring – Weather-indexed pricing
- Risk mitigation – Structuring – PPA
- Risk mitigation – Structuring – Structured deal
- Risk mitigation – Structuring – Catastrophe-related products
- Risk mitigation – Structuring – Cat bonds
- Risk mitigation – Structuring – Cat bonds – Triggers
- Weather risk control
This course also includes examination and certification.
