Is it possible to work in risk management with a finance degree?

As it says in the title, is it possible to work in risk with just a finance degree or would it require a math/engineering type of degree (or something else entirely)?

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I mean finance major is fine but I guess you'd have to show you're interested in research and theorizing about risk or whatever topic.

 

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