The aim of the presented study was to assess the quality of VaR forecasts in various states of the economic situation. Two approaches based on the extreme value theory were compared: Block Maxima and the Peaks Over Threshold. Forecasts were made on the daily closing prices of 10 major indices in...

Emerging markets often go through periods of financial turbulence and the estimation of market risk measures may be problematic. Online search queries and implied volatility may (or may not) improve the model estimates. In these situations a step-by-step analysis with R and Russian market data...

Für eine effiziente Kapitalallokation, insbesondere mit Blick auf die Hinterlegung ausreichender Eigenmittel zur Absicherung gegen extreme Marktbewegungen, ist eine möglichst genaue Abschätzung der Marktrisiken erforderlich. Die Ermittlung des Value-at-Risk ist in diesem Zusammenhang von...