We analyze around 200 different financial time series, i.e. components of Dow Jones, Nasdaq, FTSE and Nikkei with seven different VaR approaches. We differentiate our analysis according to characteristics that can be observed. Our analysis shows that in high risk situations in which the time...

Regulatory capital for trading book positions includes two components that cover different risks but apply to the same portfolio, one for market risk and one for credit risk. Similar approaches are common in banks’ internal models for economic capital. Although it is known that joint market...

Grundlagen -- Auswirkungen der Verwendung verrauschter PD-Schätzungen auf die Höhe des regulatorischen Kapitals gemäß Basel II -- Winner's Curse als mögliche Folge verrauschter PD-Schätzungen -- Auswirkungen einer Verrauschung der PD-Schätzungen auf die Ergebnisse der quantitativen...