An Introduction to Value-at-Risk

Moorad Choudhry

ISBN 10: 111831672X / ISBN 13: 9781118316726

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2013

About this Item

The value-at-risk measurement methodology is a widely-used tool in financial market risk management. Series: Securities Institute. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348. . 2013. 5th Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Value-at-Risk
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111831672X
• ISBN 13: 9781118316726
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The value-at-risk measurement methodology is a widely-used tool in financial market risk management. The fifth edition of Professor Moorad Choudhry’s benchmark reference text An Introduction to Value-at-Risk offers an accessible and reader-friendly look at the concept of VaR and its different estimation methods, and is aimed specifically at newcomers to the market or those unfamiliar with modern risk management practices. The author capitalises on his experience in the financial markets to present this concise yet in-depth coverage of VaR, set in the context of risk management as a whole.

Topics covered include:

• Defining value-at-risk
• Variance-covariance methodology
• Portfolio VaR
• Credit risk and credit VaR
• Stressed VaR
• Critique and VaR during crisis

Topics are illustrated with Bloomberg screens, worked examples and exercises. Related issues such as statistics, volatility and correlation are also introduced as necessary background for students and practitioners. This is essential reading for all those who require an introduction to financial market risk management and risk measurement techniques.

Foreword by Carol Alexander, Professor of Finance, University of Sussex.

About the Author

Moorad Choudhry is an MD in Group Treasury at The Royal Bank of Scotland. He is Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Brunel University, Visiting Professor at the IFS-School of Finance, Visiting Teaching Fellow at the Department of Management, Birkbeck, University of London, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of PRMIA, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.