Combining risk measures to overcome their limitations - spectrum representation of the sub-additivity issue, distortion requirement and added-value of the Spatial VaR solution: An application to Regulatory Requirement for Financial Institutions

Dominique Guegan () and Bertrand K. Hassani ()
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Dominique Guegan: Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/dominique-guegan
Bertrand K. Hassani: Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Grupo Santander, https://centredeconomiesorbonne.univ-paris1.fr

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Abstract: To measure the major risks experienced by financial institutions, for instance Market, Credit and Operational, regarding the risk measures, the distributions used to model them and the level of confidence, the regulation either offers a limited choice or demands the implementation of a particular approach. In this paper, we highlight and illustrate the paradoxes and issues observed when implementing an approach over another, the inconsistencies between the methodologies suggested and the problems related to their interpretation. Starting from the notion of coherence, we discuss their properties, we propose alternative solutions, new risk measures like spectrum and spatial approaches, and we provide practitioners and supervisor with some recommendations to assess, manage and control risks in a financial institution

Keywords: Risk measures; Sub-additivity; Level of confidence; Distributions; Financial regulation; Distortion; Spectral measure; Spectrum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C02 C13 C19 D81 G01 G21 G28 G31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2016-10
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