UnRisk VaR - The UnRisk Option in Risk Management

28-Apr-11, 15:30  - 17:30

Vienna, Grand Hotel, Kärntner Ring 9, Salon 7+8

Agenda

15:30

Welcome

Presentation, Andreas Binder, Michael Schwaiger, UnRisk Consortium

We want to point out that VaR is not the end but the beginning of advanced risk management processes, that UnRisk calculates a VaR cube for a deeper understanding of sources and impact of different risk factors and how UnRisk's blazingly fast calculation and intelligent computational minimalism empower the computation of such cubes in 3 min instead of 12 hours. The presenters will give exclusive insight with full explanation in methods and implementations and show live examples

A First Example

Analyse a portfolio of different asset classes

Value at Risk – Theory and Methodologies

How UnRisk covers historical, parametric and Monte Carlo VaR Common features of these VaRs, differences, advantages, drawbacks

Risk Factors in the UnRisk VaR

Analyse your portfolio with respect to various risk factors. How UnRisk handles interest rate, exchange rate, equity, credit and volatility risk. And even more risk factors

Different VaR Numbers – Outputs

How UnRisk calculates different VaR numbers: portfolio level VaR, instrument level VaR, single risk factor VaR, contribution VaR

A Second Example

A live demonstration of the UnRisk VaR step by step, from the inputs to a basic risk report.

Outlook: VaR in the UnRisk FACTORY

17:00

Panel and individual discussion