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Chapter:
19
Page Range:
287-293
Total Pages:
7
 
 
Publisher:
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
 
 
 
 
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Quantitative Level:
Basic
 
 
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Topics Covered:
Value at risk, coherent risk measures, generalized scenarios, expected shortfall, conditional value at risk
 
 
Reading Abstract:
This chapter explains the four properties of a coherent risk measure: subadditivity, homogeneity, monotonicity and the risk-free condition. Further, the chapter shows how value at risk is not a coherent risk measure since it fails the subadditivity property. The chapter also briefly discusses scenario based measures and the expected shortfall which are coherent risk measures.
 
 
Reading Contents:
19.1 Limitations of value-at-risk
19.2 Coherent risk measures
19.3 SPAN
19.4 Expected shortfall
19.5 What should one take away from this?
19.6 Notes
 
 
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Book Review:
*** From the publisher ***
Covers the hottest topic in investment for multitrillion pension market and institutional investors.
Institutional investors and fund managers understand they must take risks to generate superior investment returns, but the question is how much. Enter the concept of risk budgeting, using quantitative risks measurements, including VaR, to solve the problem. VaR, or value at risk, is a concept first introduced by bank dealers to establish parameters for their market short-term risk exposure. This book introduces VaR, extreme VaR, and stress-testing risk measurement techniques to major institutional investors, and shows them how they can implement formal risk budgeting to more efficiently manage their investment portfolios. Risk Budgeting is the most sophisticated and advanced read on the subject out there in the market.
 



 
   
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