risk measure and loss functions. The results indicate that the method based on the conditional Extreme Value Theory (EVT … must calculate the market risk capital requirements based on the Expected Shortfall (ES) measure, replacing the Value at … Risk (VaR) measure. In the financial literature, there are many papers dedicated to compare VaR approaches but there are …

Under the Basel II regulatory framework non-negligible statistical problems arise when backtesting risk measures. In …. According to Escanciano and Olmo (2010, 2011) these problems persist when incorporating estimation and model risk by adjusting … adequacy of Value at Risk measures. One main finding indicates that backtests of all classes show heavy size distortions. These …