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Value At Risk Advantages: Why Use VAR in Risk Management

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VAR is widely used and has both advantages and disadvantages Value At Risk, known as VAR, is a common tool for measuring and managing risk in the financial industry. While there are several advantages which have led to big popularity of VAR, anybody using it should also understand the limitations of Value At Risk as … Read more


Value At Risk (VAR) Limitations and Disadvantages

Topics: Portfolio Management > Risk Management      

VAR is popular and has both advantages and limitations Value At Risk is a widely used risk management tool, popular especially with banks and big financial institutions. There are valid reasons for its popularity – using VAR has several advantages. But for using Value At Risk for effective risk management without unwillingly encouraging a future … Read more


Surviving in the World of Global Finance

Topics: Portfolio Management > Risk Management      

Faster, closer, bigger Due to the increased interconnectedness and globalization of financial markets, everything happens faster and seems to be closer to us. The increased volatility in the last decade and the high concentration of extraordinary events (Asian crisis, Russia, LTCM, dot-com, 9/11, Enron, commodities, subprime crisis), might not be an accident (thought there was … Read more