An FI has 500 million in its trading portfolio on the close of business on a particular

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An FI has ¥500 million in its trading portfolio on the close of business on a particular day. The current exchange rate of yen for dollars is ¥80.00/$, or dollars for yen is $0.0125, at the daily close. The volatility, or standard deviation (σ), of daily percentage changes in the spot ¥/$ exchange rate over the past year was 121.6 bp. The FI is interested in adverse moves – bad moves that will not occur more than 1 percent of the time, or 1 day in every 100. Calculate the one-day VAR and ES from this position. Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...
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A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Financial Institutions Management A Risk Management Approach

ISBN: 978-0071051590

8th edition

Authors: Marcia Cornett, Patricia McGraw, Anthony Saunders

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