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NEW QUESTION # 79
The 99% 10-day VaR for a bank is $200mm. The average VaR for the past 60 days is $250mm, and the bank specific regulatory multiplier is 3. What is the bank's basic VaR based market risk capital charge?
- A. $200mm
- B. $250mm
- C. $600mm
- D. $750mm
Answer: D
Explanation:
The current Basel rules for the basic VaR based charge for market risk capital set market risk capital requirements as the maximum of the following two amounts:
1. 99%/10-day VaR,
2. Regulatory Multiplier x Average 99%/10-day VaR of the past 60 days
The 'regulatory multiplier' is a number between 3 and 4 (inclusive) calculated based on the number of 1% VaR exceedances in the previous 250 days, as determined by backtesting.
- If the number of exceedances is <= 4, then the regulatory multiplier is 3.
- If the number of exceedances is between 5 and 9, then the multiplier = 3 + 0.2*(N-4), where N is the number of exceedances.
- If the number of exceedances is >=10, then the multiplier is 4.
So you can see that in most normal situations the risk capital requirement will be dictated by the multiplier and the prior 60-day average VaR, because the product of these two will almost often be greater than the current 99% VaR.
The correct answer therefore is = max(200mm, 3*250mm) = $750mm.
Interestingly, also note that a 99% VaR should statistically be exceeded 1%*250 days = 2.5 times,which means if the bank's VaR model is performing as it should, it will still need to use a reg multiplier of 3.
NEW QUESTION # 80
For an option position with a delta of 0.3, calculate VaR if the VaR of the underlying is $100.
- A. 0
- B. 1
- C. 33.33
- D. 2
Answer: B
Explanation:
The first order approximation of the VaR of an option position is nothing but the VaR of the underlying multiplied by the option's delta. This is intuitive because the delta is the sensitivity of the option price to changes in the prices of the underlying, and in this case since the delta is 0.3 and the underlying's VaR is
$100, the VaR of the options position is 0.3 x $100 = $30. Therefore Choice 'c' is the correct answer.
(Note that the second order approximation of the VaR of an options position considers the option gamma too, and VaR reduces if gamma increases.)
NEW QUESTION # 81
Which of the following carry greater counterparty risk: a forward contract on a 10 year note, or a commercial paper carrying a AA credit rating with identical maturity and notional?
- A. The forward contract has greater credit risk as its future gains are unknown
- B. The commercial paper has greater credit risk as the entire notional is outstanding
- C. They both carry the same credit risk
- D. Credit risk can not be compared in these terms
Answer: B
Explanation:
The commercial paper has greater credit risk as the entire notional is outstanding. On the forward contract, only the replacement value of the contract, which normally would be a mere fraction of the notional, would be at risk.
Therefore Choice 'd' is the correct answer.
NEW QUESTION # 82
Which of the following statements are true:
I. Stress tests should consider simultaneous pressures in funding and asset markets, and the impact of a reduction in liquidity II. Judging the effectiveness of risk mitigation techniques is not a part of stress testing III. A reverse stress test is useful for discovering hidden vulnerabilities and inconsistencies in hedging strategies IV. Reputational risk, which is explicitly excluded from the definition of operational risk under Basel II, should still be considered as part of stress tests.
- A. II and IV
- B. All of the above
- C. I, III and IV
- D. I and III
Answer: C
Explanation:
All the statements in this question are directly based on the principles for effective stress testing as laid down in the BCBS document on stress testing issued in May 2009. Statement 1 is correct and is an almost verbatim reproduction of principle 10 as laid down in that document. Statement II is incorrect as it is contrary to principle 11 laid down in the same document. Statement III is correct as discovering hidden vulnerabilities and inconsistencies in hedging strategies is one of the objectives of reverse stress tests. Similarly, even though reputational risk is not really covered under any risk category under Basel II (as it is not a part of either market, credit or operational risk), principle 14of this paper requires the mitigation of spill-over effects on market confidence of reputational risk when thinking about stress tests.
Thus statements I, III and IV are correct and statement II is incorrect.
NEW QUESTION # 83
Which of the following statements is true?
- A. For an issuer of life insurance policies, longevity risk can lead to reserves falling short of payments due
- B. Deterioration in the balance sheets of key counterparties is a concern for a liquidity manager even though it may not immediately affect a firm
- C. Only the drawn portions of credit facilities extended to clients by a bank count towards its liquidity exposure
- D. Under times of liquidity stress, both prepayments of loans extended and expected withdrawals from on- demand deposits will decrease
Answer: B
Explanation:
Deterioration in the balance sheets of key counterparties is a concern for a liquidity manager even though it may not immediately affect a firm, and this is true because counterparty failures may lead to liquidity shortfalls for an institution for no fault of its own. It is important for a liquidity risk manager to watch the health of key counterparties where exposure is concentrated and take timely steps to reduce it should the health deteriorate.
Under times of liquidity stress, prepayments of loans extended will decline while withdrawals of demand deposits are likely to increase. Both will not decrease, and therefore Choice 'b' is incorrect.
A bank is exposed to the undrawn portions of a line of credit extended to a borrower as the borrower, with superior information on its own finances, is likely to draw upon undrawn lines of credit thereby increasing the bank's exposure. Therefore Choice 'a' is incorrect. Generally, a portion of the undrawn part is counted towards a liquidity outflow.
Longevity risk is the risk facing sellers of annuities that their clients will outlive their assumptions on their length of life, while mortality risk is the downside risk for an insurer that clients will die sooner than expected causing the reserves to fall short of what is needed. Therefore Choice 'd' is not correct as the opposite is true.
NEW QUESTION # 84
Which of the following are valid approaches to calculating potential future exposure (PFE) for counterparty risk:
I. Add a percentage of the notional to the mark-to-market value
II. Monte Carlo simulation
III. Maximum Likelihood Estimation
IV. Parametric Estimation
- A. III and IV
- B. I, III and IV
- C. I and II
- D. All of the able
Answer: C
Explanation:
When a derivative position is entered into, its mark-to-market value is generally close to zero (though the notional may be high). With the passage of time, the derivative's value fluctuates in an unpredictable way, creating a counterparty exposure that may be difficult to estimate and risk manage. Counterparty risk in such cases is estimated based on Potential Future Exposure, which may be calculated using either:
a) Take the mark-to-market at present, and add a certain percentage of the notional, or b) Perform a Monte Carlo simulation, capturing the stochastic nature of the PFE.
Therefore I and II are valid choices. MLE and parametric estimation are not methods for calculating PFE.
NEW QUESTION # 85
In January, a bank buys a basket of mortgages with a view to securitize them by April. Due to an unexpected lack of investors in the securitization market, it is unable to do so and is left with the exposure to the mortgages on its books. This is an example of:
- A. Wrong-way risk
- B. Market risk
- C. Basis risk
- D. Pipeline and warehousing risk
Answer: D
Explanation:
This is an example of pipeline and warehousing risk. Generally there is a lag between acquiring assets and securitizing them due to the legal work to be done, the work to be done by the ratings agencies and in finding investors. During this period, the bank is exposed to the underlying assets purchased, and this is the 'pipeline and warehousing' risk as these assets are in the pipeline and warehoused for intended subsequent sale.
Generally this period tends to be short. However, during the credit crisis this became a significant source of risk as many banks were left exposed to risk they had intended to get rid of, but could not do so as the market dried up. The other choices are all incorrect.
Note that pipeline and warehousing risk is also known as 'securitzation risk'. It means that funding from securitization cannot be relied upon as a matter of fact.
NEW QUESTION # 86
The VaR of a portfolio at the 99% confidence level is $250,000 when mean return is assumed to be zero. If the assumption of zero returns is changed to an assumption of returns of $10,000, what is the revised VaR?
- A. 0
- B. 1
- C. 2
- D. 3
Answer: D
Explanation:
The exact formula for VaR is = -(Z# # + #), where Z # is the z-multiple for the desired confidence level, and # is the mean return. Now Z# is always a negative number, or at least will certainly be provided the desired confidence level is greater than 50%, and # is often assumed to be zero because generally for the short time periods for which market risk VaR is calculated, its value is very close to zero.
Therefore in practice the formula for VaR just becomes -Z##, and since Z is always negative, we normally just multiply the Z factor without the negative sign with the standard deviation to get the VaR.
For this question, there are two ways to get the answer. If we use the formula, we know that -Z##= 250,000 (as #=0), and therefore -Z## - # = 250,000 - 10,000 = $240,000.
The other, easier way to think about this is that if the mean changes, then the distribution's shape stays exactly the same, and the entire distribution shifts to the right by $10,000 as the mean moves up by $10,000.
Therefore the VaR cutoff, which was previously at -250,000 on the graph also moves up by 10k to -240,000, and therefore $240,000 is the correct answer.
The other choices are intended to confuse by multiplying the z-factor for the 99% confidence level with
10,000 etc.
NEW QUESTION # 87
Which of the following distribution assumptions will produce the lowest probability of exceeding an extreme value, assuming identical means and variances?
- A. a normal mixture distribution
- B. a distribution with kurtosis = 5
- C. a normal distribution
- D. t-distribution
Answer: C
Explanation:
An 'extreme value' will be a value that will lie in the tails. We need to determine the distribution that will have the least weight in the tails so that the probability of exceeding this tail value is minimum across the given choices.
The t-distribution, a distribution with kurtosis > 3 and a normal mixture distribution are all distributions with tails fatter than that for a normal distribution. A normal distribution will have the 'thinnest' tails among the choices and therefore the lowest probability of exceeding a given tail event value.
A note about the t-distribution: Leptokurtic distributions (those that have kurtosis>3, ie kurtosis greater than that for a normal distribution) generally appear to have higher peaks on their PDF graphs. The t-distribution is flatter, and actually appears lower than a normal distribution, which may make one think that it has a lower kurtosis and therefore should have thinner tails than a normal distribution. But that is not so, and the "visual" inspection test fails for inferring the kurtosis from just looking a the shape of the distribution. The kurtosis of a t-distribution is given by the formula {3 + 6/(d - 4)}, where d is the degrees of freedom and d > 4. Therefore the kurtosis of a t-distribution is always greater than 3 as "6/(d-4)" will always be a positive number being added to 3. Therefore there is no conflict between a t-distribution having fatter tails than a normal distribution as it has a higher kurtosis, even though it appears 'lower' on a graph when superimposed with a normal distribution.
NEW QUESTION # 88
In setting confidence levels for VaR estimates for internal limit setting, it is generally desirable:
- A. that actual losses very frequently exceed the VaR estimates
- B. that actual losses never exceed the VaR estimates
- C. that actual losses exceed the VaR estimates with some reasonably observable frequency that is neither too high nor too low
- D. that actual losses exceed the VaR estimates on only the rarest of occasions
Answer: C
Explanation:
If the confidence levels for a VaR estimate are set too high, there may never be any exceedences, ie actual losses will never exceed VaR estimates. For limit setting, we want actual losses to exceed the VaR estimates enough number of times as during the year so that the limits are considered seriously. If the VaR estimate is exceeded too many times, or never, then it is unlikely to be considered seriously. Therefore Choice 'd' is the correct answer.
The other answers are incorrect as they either require the VaR to be too high (ie zero or rare excess loss situations) or too low (ie there will be too many cases of excess loss situations to be taken seriously).
NEW QUESTION # 89
For a bank using the advanced measurement approach to measuring operational risk, which of the following brings the greatest 'model risk' to its estimates:
- A. Choice of incorrect parameters for loss severity distributions
- B. Aggregation risk, from selecting an incorrect value of estimated correlations between different operational risk estimates
- C. Insufficient number of simulations when building the loss distribution
- D. Choice of an incorrect distribution for loss event frequencies
Answer: B
Explanation:
The greatest model risk when calculating operational risk capital comes from incorrect assumptions about correlations between different operational risks for which standalone risk calculations have been made.
Generally, the correlation can be expected to be positive, and would therefore vary between 0 and 1. These two values determine the 'bounds' between which the total operational risk capital would lie, and these bounds are generally quite far apart. Therefore the total value of the operational risk capital is very sensitive to the value chosen for the correlation, and this is the source of the biggest model risk under the AMA.
NEW QUESTION # 90
The largest 10 losses over a 250 day observation period are as follows. Calculate the expected shortfall at a
98% confidence level:
20m
19m
19m
17m
16m
13m
11m
10m
9m
9m
- A. 14.3
- B. 18.2
- C. 19.5
- D. 0
Answer: B
Explanation:
For a dataset with 250 observations, the top 2% of the losses will be the top 5 observations. Expected shortfall is the average of the losses beyond the VaR threshold. Therefore the correct answer is (20 + 19 + 19 + 17 +
16)/5 = 18.2m .
Note that Expected Shortfall is also called conditional VaR (cVaR), Expected Tail Loss and Tail average.
NEW QUESTION # 91
Which of the following are considered asset based credit enhancements?
I. Collateral
II. Credit default swaps
III. Close out netting arrangements
IV. Cash reserves
- A. II and IV
- B. I and III
- C. I and IV
- D. I, II and IV
Answer: B
Explanation:
Credit enhancements come in two varieties: counterparty based, where the exercise of the credit enhancement requires a third party to pay, and this includes guarantees and CDS contracts. Asset based credit enhancements are based upon a physical asset in possession, and these include collateral and balances owed on other trades or transactions, and availed through close out netting arrangements.
Of the listed choices, I and III are asset based credit enhancements, and II is third party based. Cash reserves are not credit enhancements (unless held as collateral).
NEW QUESTION # 92
Which of the following statements are true in relation to the current state of the financial network?
I. Interconnectivity between countries has reduced while that between institutions in the same country has increased significantly II. The degrees of separation between institutions has gone up III. The average path length connecting any two given institutions has shrunk IV. Knife-edge dynamics imply that systemic risk arises from the financial system flipping from risk sharing to risk spreading
- A. I and IV
- B. II and III
- C. III and IV
- D. I and II
Answer: C
Explanation:
Over the past decade or so, systemic risk has been increased by vastly increasing network complexities resulting from greater interconnectivity between institutions as well as countries. Therefore statement I is incorrect.
Statement II is incorrect and statement III is correct because the average path length between institutions, or their degree of separation where they are not directly dealing with each other but through other counterparties to which they are exposed (analogous to 6 degrees of separation, or the 'small world' property), has shrunk and not increased.
Statement IV correctly describes knife edge dynamics, which is another way of waying that the financial network displays a tipping point property.
NEW QUESTION # 93
There are two bonds in a portfolio, each with a market value of $50m. The probability of default of the two bonds over a one year horizon are 0.03 and 0.08 respectively. If the default correlation is zero, what is the one year expected loss on this portfolio?
- A. $5.26m
- B. $5.5m
- C. $1.38m
- D. $11m
Answer: B
Explanation:
The probabilities of default of the two bonds are independent (as indicated by a zero default correlation). The various possible states of the portfolio are as follows:
First bond defaults, and the second does not: Probability * Loss = 0.03*0.92 * $50m = $1.38m Second bond defaults, and the first does not: Probability * Loss = 0.97*0.08 * $50m = $3.88m Both bonds default: Probability * Loss = 0.03*0.08 * $100m = $0.24m Thus total expected loss on this portfolio = $5.5m. Since recovery rates are not provided, those should be assumed to be zero.
There is an easier way to solve this as well: default correlation does not affect expected losses, but their volatility. You can calculate the expected losses of the two bonds and add them up, ie, $50m*0.03 + $50m *0.
08 = $5.5m
NEW QUESTION # 94
An asset has a volatility of 10% per year. An investment manager chooses to hedge it with another asset that has a volatility of 9% per year and a correlation of 0.9. Calculate the hedge ratio.
- A. 1.2345
- B. 0.81
- C. 0.9
- D. 0
Answer: D
Explanation:
The minimum variance hedge ratio answers the question of how much of the hedge to buy to hedge a given position. It minimizes the combined volatility of the primary and the hedge position. The minimum variance hedge ratio is given by the expression [ #(x) / #(y) ] * #(x,y)]. Effectively, this is the same as the beta of the primary position with respect to the hedge.
In this case, the hedge ratio is = 10%/9% * 0.9 = 1
NEW QUESTION # 95
A bank holds $10m of a corporate debt that it has purchased CDS protection against. What is the impact on the short term liquidity of the bank in the event of a default by the corporate on its bonds?
- A. A short term increase in available liquidity
- B. No impact
- C. An immediate reduction in available liquidity
- D. Cannot be determined without information on recovery rates
Answer: A
Explanation:
The immediate impact of the default would be to improve the liquidity available in the short term due to the pay out from the CDSs.
It is also important to consider the impact on liquidity from the occurence of a default even in situations where CDS protection may not have been purchased. In such cases, there may be a nearer term payout in the form of the recovery rate. Of course, recovery payments are generally not realized for longer periods of time as court cases linger on, but there is a good likelihood that a payment, albeit lower in total, is likely to be realized sooner than the maturity of the bond in cases where the bond is a longer term bond. At the same time, any interest payments, and the final principal payment, which may have been included in liquidity projections, will not occur.
NEW QUESTION # 96
The accuracy of a VaR estimate based on a Monte carlo simulation of portfolio prices is affected by:
I). The shape of the distribution of portfolio values
II). The number simulations carried out
III). The confidence level selected for the VaR estimate
- A. II and III
- B. III
- C. II
- D. I, II and III
Answer: D
Explanation:
VaR calculations look at the lower part of the distribution of future portfolio values, for example, if the desired confidence level is 95%, the cut-off for the VaR calculation will be at the bottom 5%; similarly at 1% for a 99% confidence level. The number of observations that will end up in these bottom ranges will be few and sparse, and therefore their accuracy will generally be lower than, say, the average where observations are more likely to be concentratred. If the shape of the distribution of future portfolio values is not symmetrical and has a long tail to the left, then this problem gets further exacerbated as there may be even fewer and less reliable simulated numbers at the 5% or 1% quintiles. Thus the shape of the distribution will affect the accuracy of a VaR estimate. The distribution for a short option position, for example, will have a long tail to the left, and the VaR number will be quite significantly affected by a few simulations. On the other hand, for a long option position where the long tail is to the right, and we are interested in the left tail which is better defined and ends at zero we are more likely to get a better VaR estimate. Therefore Statement I is correct.
The number of simulations carried out directly affects the standard error, which is inversely proportional to the square root of the sample size (ie the number of simulations). THe accuracy of the VaR estimate can be increased by increasing the sample size (or reduced by reducing the sample size). Therefore Statement II is correct.
The confidence level selected for the VaR estimate also affects the accuracy of the estimate. Tointuitively understand this, consider this extreme example where the desired confidence level is 99.9% and there are
1000 observations. Therefore the VaR will be determined by the last value in the sample, and will therefore be quite fickle and dependent upon what chance produces as the lowest value in the simulation. But if for the same sample the confidence level desired were to be 90%, there would be 100 observations beyond the 90% cut-off and this would be a much more stable and accurate number. Therefore the confidence level selected for the VaR estimate is also a determinant of the accuracy of the VaR estimate derived from the simulation.
Statement III is correct.
Thus all statements are correct and Choice 'b' is the correct answer.
NEW QUESTION # 97
Which of the following is the most accurate description of EPE (Expected Positive Exposure):
- A. The average of the distribution of positive exposures at a specified future date
- B. The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date
- C. The maximum average credit exposure over a period of time
- D. Weighted average of the future positive expected exposure across a time horizon.
Answer: D
Explanation:
When a derivative transaction is entered into, its value generally is close to zero. Over time, as the value of the underlying changes, the transaction acquires a positive or negative value. It is not possible to predict the future value of the transaction in advance, however distributional assumptions can be made and potential exposure can be measured in multiple ways. Of all thepossible future exposures, it is generally positive exposures that are relevant to credit risk because that is the only situation where the bank may lose money from a default of the counterparty.
The maximum (generally a quantile eg, the 97.5th quantile) exposure possible over the time of the transaction is the 'Potential Future Exposure', or PFE.
The average of the distribution of positive exposures at a specified date before the longest trade in the portfolio is called 'Expected Exposure', or EE.
The expected positive exposure calculated as the weighted average of the future positive Expected Exposure across a time horize is called the EPE, or the 'Expected Positive Exposure'.
The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date - is the 'fair value', as defined under FAS 157.
Therefore the corect answer is that EPE is the weighted average of the future positive expected exposure across a time horizon.
NEW QUESTION # 98
The EWMA and GARCH approaches to volatility clustering can be applied to VaR calculations using:
- A. historical simulations
- B. all of the above
- C. Monte Carlo simulations
- D. analytical VaR
Answer: B
Explanation:
The EWMA and GARCH approaches to volatility clustering are independent of the method used to calculate VaR. Therefore Choice 'd' is the correct answer
NEW QUESTION # 99
Which of the following statements is true in relation to collateral management?
I. A collateral management system need not consider the failure by counterparties to returncollateral when due II. The extent to which counterparties may have rehypothecated collateral is not a consideration for a collateral management system III. Cash is an acceptable substitute for any type of collateral required to be posted IV. Haircuts do not apply to treasury issued instruments posted as collateral
- A. I, II and III
- B. I, II, III and IV
- C. II and III
- D. None of the statements is true
Answer: D
Explanation:
Strong management of collateral, both receivable and payable, is emerging as an area requiring significant investment by financial institutions and asset managers in IT infrastructures and business processes. A bank needs to make collateral calls daily, based upon the P&L of the previous day, and likewise receives collateral calls from its counterparties. Just like cash, a bank needs to make sure that it does not run out of collateral to post when a call is received. Interestingly, based upon the agreements between banks and their mutual understanding, only certain types of instruments often qualify as valid collateral - and in such cases even cash is not acceptable if the right type of bond or other agreed security is not available to post. The operational challenges of managing collateral increase manifold due to 'rehypothecation', ie when collateral received from one counterparty gets posted out as collateral where it is due. In such cases, the bank should have the mechanisms to receive the right assets back in a timely way in case rehypothecated assets are to be returned.
The systems should be able to deal with delays, failures without impacting the ability of the bank to post collateral as needed. All of this requires major investments in IT and processes.
Statement I is not true as a bank is bound to post collateral to third parties when needed regardless of the failure of its counterparties to post collateral to it when owed. In the markets, failures by counterparties can and do happen, and a collateral management system needs to account for and keep a buffer for the fact that some collateral when due will not be received.
Statement II is not true as rehypothecation by counterparties of collateral posted increases the chances of the collateral not being received in time. The system should consider the need for liquidity to generate assets that can be posted as collateral when others have failed to return the collateral in a timely way.
Statement III is not correct as cash may not be acceptable to counterparties as collateral. From a practical point of view, they may not have the infrastructure to receive and account for cash as collateral. A Swiss bank, for example, may have an 'account' to receive US t-bills as collateral but may not even have a US dollar account to receive cash. Even if it did, the volumes of transactions going back and forth may make tracking and reconciliations impossible. Thus a bank should always make sure that it has the right type of collateral available to post.
Statement IV is incorrect as well, as treasury issued instruments are also subject to haircuts. Their value also fluctuates in response to changes in yields, and therefore they are subject to haircuts as well.
Thus none of the statements are correct and Choice 'd' is the correct answer.
NEW QUESTION # 100
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