Seminars

Ten comprehensive seminar assignments with hands-on exercises


The material from the book can be practically implemented in ten seminars.

Thanks to Alvaro Aguirre and Yuyang Lin for developing early versions of the seminars.

Complete Seminar Materials (Version 4.0, August 2025)

Weekly Seminars

Each seminar is available in both HTML (for online viewing) and PDF (for download/printing) formats. Work through them sequentially after reviewing the relevant [slides](/slides/).

Seminar Topic View Online Download PDF Latest update
1 Introduction to R and Financial Data Analysis HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
2 Data Download and Visualisation HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
3 Distributions and Statistical Analysis HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
4 Creating Reports with Quarto HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
5 Simulations and Functions HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
6 Univariate Volatility Models HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
7 Multivariate Volatility Models HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
8 Implementing Risk Forecasting HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
9 Simulation-based Risk Measurement HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025
10 Backtesting Risk Models HTML PDF Version 4.0, August 2025

Financial Risk Forecasting

Market risk forecasting with R, Julia, Python and Matlab. Code, lecture slides, implementation notes, seminar assignments and questions.

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