Essays about: "Conditional losses"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Conditional losses.

  1. 1. ON THE CVA OF CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS: THE IMPLICATION OF DEPENDENCE USING A COPULA APPROACH

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sebastian Alm; Joel Fredriksson Pregmark; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Credit Value Adjustment; Counterparty Credit Risk; Wrong Way Risk; Credit Default Swap; Semi-Analytical Model; Interest Rate Swap;

    Abstract : This study examines the nature and background to the Credit Value Adjustment(CVA), a concept that has gained focus due the it’s heightened importance for financial institutions subsequent to the 2008 financial crisis. CVA can be defined as the the price that should be added to the bilateral defaultable contract to adjust for the existing Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) so that the contract will have the same value as a corresponding risk-free contract. READ MORE

  3. 2. Value at Risk Estimation using GARCH Family Models: A Comparison of Different Specifications and Distributions.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Khaled Jrideh; [2023-05-26]
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    Abstract : The objective of this study is to compare the performance of different GARCH models, under various conditional distribution assumptions, to predict one-day-ahead Value-at-Risk (VaR) for three stocks: Swedbank, Handelsbanken, and SEB over the Covid-19 period. The performance is evaluated using Kupiec, Christoffersen tests and the Quadratic Loss. READ MORE

  4. 3. Rare Earth Metals' Resiliency and Volatility Spillover Effects : A Critical Supply Assessment for Western Technologies From a Risk Management Perspective

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Farzam Ebrahimi; Samuel Elm; [2023]
    Keywords : Rare Earth Metals; Interconnectedness; Conditional Volatility; Risk Management; Value at Risk; Event Study;

    Abstract : This paper explores the relationship between Chinese rare earth metals (REMs) and the industries in the U.S and Europe that heavily rely on them. READ MORE

  5. 4. Considering Tail Events in Hedge Fund Portfolio Optimization

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Josefin Bladh; Holm Greta; [2021]
    Keywords : Portfolio Optimization; Hedge Funds; Tail Events; Mean-CVaR;

    Abstract : The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), as well as many other large investors, has noted deficiencies the Mean-Variance framework for portfolio management of asset with non-normal characteristics. The main problem apparent in the Mean-Variance framework, when investing in alternative assets such as hedge funds, is the lacking systematic control of the balance between the measurements of risk due normal variation and tail-risk. READ MORE

  6. 5. Simulation-Based Portfolio Optimization with Coherent Distortion Risk Measures

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Andreas Prastorfer; [2020]
    Keywords : Risk Management; Portfolio Optimization; Conditional Value-at-Risk; Coherent Distortion Riks Measures; Elliptical Distribution; GARCH model; Normal Copulas; Extreme Value Theory; Risk Contributions; Riskhantering; Portföljoptimering; Conditional Value-at-Risk; Koherenta distortionsriskmått; Elliptiska fördelningar; GARCH modeller; Normal-copula; Extremvärdes teori; Riskbidrag;

    Abstract : This master's thesis studies portfolio optimization using linear programming algorithms. The contribution of this thesis is an extension of the convex framework for portfolio optimization with Conditional Value-at-Risk, introduced by Rockafeller and Uryasev. READ MORE