A newly hired quantitative analyst at a financial institution has been asked by a portfolio manager to calculate the VaR of a portfolio for 10-, 15-, 20-, and 25-day periods. The portfolio manager notices something wrong with the analyst’s calculations. Assuming the annualized volatilities of daily returns for the four periods are equal, and that the daily returns are independently and identically normally distributed with a mean of zero, which of the following VaR estimates for this portfolio is inconsistent with the others?
A risk manager at Firm SPC is testing a portfolio for heteroskedasticity using the White test. The portfolio is modeled as follows: The residuals are computed as follows: Which of the following correctly depicts the second step in the White test for the portfolio?
The board of directors of a growing asset management company is conducting a review of the firm’s approach to risk management. The board concludes that the firm should establish an ERM framework. Which of the following represents a key benefit that the firm will likely attain after establishing an ERM framework?
It is April 15, and a trader is entered into a short position in two soybean meal futures contracts. The contracts expire on August 15, and call for the delivery of 100 tons of soybean meal each. Further, because this is a futures position, it requires the posting of a $3,000 initial margin and a $1,500 maintenance margin per contract. For simplicity, however, assume that the account is marked to market on a monthly basis. Assume the following represent the contract delivery prices (in dollars per ton) that prevail on each settlement date:April 15 (initiation) 173.00May 15 179.75June 15 189.00July 15 182.50August 15 (delivery) 174.25What is the equity value of the margin account on the May 15 settlement date, including any additional equity that is required to meet a margin call?
A risk analyst at a growing bank is concerned about a loan exposure to a large manufacturing company which is losing significant market share in its industry. The analyst considers the use of different credit risk transfer mechanisms, including CDS, to manage this exposure. Which of the following statements correctly describes an appropriate benefit of using CDS in this situation?