Market risk management is one of the key factors to success in managing financial institutions. Underestimated risk can have desastrous consequences for individual companies and even whole economies, not least as could be seen during the recent crises. Overestimated risk, on the other side, may...

The globalisation on financial markets and the development of financial derivatives has increased not only chances but also potential risk within the banking industry. Especially market risk has gained major significance since market price variation of interest rates, stocks or exchange rates...

Während die Markpreisrisiken (Zinsen, Aktien und Währungen) mit Hilfe des RiskMetrics-Ansatzes gut beschrieben werden können und dafür relativ überzeugende Derivate zur Absicherung unerwünschter Risiken zur Verfügung stehen, hat diese Entwicklung im Kreditbereich erst begonnen. Bei der...