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Market risk managem ent process should encompass regular scenario analysis and stress tests. It introduces the econometric techniques that are commonly applied to finance with a critical and selective exposition, emphasising the areas of econometrics, such as garch, cointegration and copulas that are required for resolving problems in market risk analysis. Today and tomorrow introduction 1 modeling market risk 3 variations on a theme 3 economic capital 6 current modeling practces 7 two complements to var 8 implications for it, the steering framework, and governance 9 better risk aggregation 9 a simplified steering framework 11 improved governance 11. Market risk is a major concern for all types of traders and investors.
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