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Coursework
The objective of the coursework is to allow you a first hand appreciation of some of the key issues in measuring risk. There are two parts, one involving analysis of a portfolio having a single risk factor, the other involving analysis of a portfolio having two risk factors.
1.Select, and acquire historical data for, a traded fnancial asset. This might, for instance, be a commodity, a security, or a stock market index. Suppose that
r rr
(a)Explain your choice of sample size.
(b)Using the data up to, but not including, 20th February 2020, calculate the simple daily returns for your asset [use simple returns throughout this coursework]. Examine and describe the key statistical features of your sample of returns.
(c)Calculate VaR and ES for 20th February 2020 using a one day holding period, and a confidence level of 95%, using the following methods:
i.Basic Historical Simulation
ii.Age-weighted Historical Simulation
iii.Hull-White
iv.Parametric, using the Normal distribution, without volatility adjustment
v.Parametric, using the Normal distribution, with volatility adjustment
vi.Parametric, using what you believe to be an appropriate distribution, without volatility adjustment
vii.Parametric, using what you believe to be an appropriate distribution, with volatility adjustment
You should present your results in a single table, and briefly provide a commentary on the similarities and differences.
(d)Explain why it would be problematic to have used log returns to calculate VaR and ES for any of the parametric methods in the previous question.
2.Acquire data for another asset and suppose that at at the start of the time series you invested 1 million pounds in this asset as well. You now have a portfolio which at the start of the data series was worth 2 million pounds. Suppose initially that your portfolio is not actively managed, so that your holdings of each asset remain unchanged.
(a)Using the data up to, but not including, 20th February 2020, calculate the simple daily returns for each of the individual assets which constitute your portfolio. Examine and describe the key statistical features of your sample of returns.
(b)Calculate VaR and ES for 20th February 2020 using a one day holding period, and a confidence level of 95%, using each of the following methods
i.Basic Historical Simulation
ii.Age-weighted Historical Simulation
iii.Hull-White
iv.Parametric, using the Normal distribution, without volatility adjustment
v.Parametric, using the Normal distribution, with volatility adjustment
vi.Parametric, using what you believe to be an appropriate distribution, without volatility adjustment
vii.Parametric, using what you believe to be an appropriate distribution,
v
(c)Explain how you might have been able to reduce your risk exposure for 20th February had you been able to adjust your portfolio on the 19th
Coursework
The objective of the coursework is to allow you a first hand appreciation of some of the key issues in measuring risk. There are two parts, one involving analysis of a portfolio having a single risk factor, the other involving analysis of a portfolio having two risk factors.
1.Select, and acquire historical data for, a traded fnancial asset. This might, for instance, be a commodity, a security, or a stock market index. Suppose that
r rr
(a)Explain your choice of sample size.
(b)Using the data up to, but not including, 20th February 2020, calculate the simple daily returns for your asset [use simple returns throughout this coursework]. Examine and describe the key statistical features of your sample of returns.
(c)Calculate VaR and ES for 20th February 2020 using a one day holding period, and a confidence level of 95%, using the following methods:
i.Basic Historical Simulation
ii.Age-weighted Historical Simulation
iii.Hull-White
iv.Parametric, using the Normal distribution, without volatility adjustment
v.Parametric, using the Normal distribution, with volatility adjustment
vi.Parametric, using what you believe to be an appropriate distribution, without volatility adjustment
vii.Parametric, using what you believe to be an appropriate distribution, with volatility adjustment
You should present your results in a single table, and briefly provide a commentary on the similarities and differences.
(d)Explain why it would be problematic to have used log returns to calculate VaR and ES for any of the parametric methods in the previous question.
2.Acquire data for another asset and suppose that at at the start of the time series you invested 1 million pounds in this asset as well. You now have a portfolio which at the start of the data series was worth 2 million pounds. Suppose initially that your portfolio is not actively managed, so that your holdings of each asset remain unchanged.
(a)Using the data up to, but not including, 20th February 2020, calculate the simple daily returns for each of the individual assets which constitute your portfolio. Examine and describe the key statistical features of your sample of returns.
(b)Calculate VaR and ES for 20th February 2020 using a one day holding period, and a confidence level of 95%, using each of the following methods
i.Basic Historical Simulation
ii.Age-weighted Historical Simulation
iii.Hull-White
iv.Parametric, using the Normal distribution, without volatility adjustment
v.Parametric, using the Normal distribution, with volatility adjustment
vi.Parametric, using what you believe to be an appropriate distribution, without volatility adjustment
vii.Parametric, using what you believe to be an appropriate distribution,
v
(c)Explain how you might have been able to reduce your risk exposure for 20th February had you been able to adjust your portfolio on the 19th