Titel -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Überblick zum Risk Management in Kreditinstituten -- 2.1 Zum Risikobegriff -- 2.2 Value-at-Risk-Konzepte -- 2.2.1 Analytisches Grundmodell -- 2.2.2 Simulationsmodelle -- 2.2.3 Zusammenfassende Bewertung -- 2.3 Risikoposition und...

Value-at-Risk (VaR) is a well-accepted risk metric in modern quantitative risk management (QRM). The classical Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) approach, denoted henceforth as the classical approach, assumes the independence of loss severity and loss frequency. In practice, this assumption does not...

Expected Shortfall (ES) is the average return on a risky asset conditional on the return being below some quantile of its distribution, namely its Value-at-Risk (VaR). The Basel III Accord, which will be implemented in the years leading up to 2019, places new attention on ES, but unlike VaR,...