Trading book risk metrics: A South African perspective

The regulatory market risk metric – Value at Risk – has remained virtually unchanged since its introduction by JP Morgan in 1996. Many prominent examples of market risk underestimation have undermined the credibility of VaR, prompting the search for better, more robust measures. Expected shortfall a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gary Wayne van Vuuren, Dirk Visser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2016-03-01
Series:South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
Online Access:https://sajems.org/index.php/sajems/article/view/1316