A concise and practice focused introduction to financial risk management and derivatives is provided in this book. Core risk types such as market risk credit risk liquidity risk and operational risk are explained, and the role of derivatives in hedging and risk transfer is described. Key instruments such as forwards futures options and swaps are covered, with pricing intuition and risk measures such as sensitivity metrics and value at risk being illustrated through applied examples. Regulatory and governance themes are also included so that real world risk control and reporting expectations are clarified.