Which of the following statements are correct in relation to the financial system just prior to the current financial crisis:
I. The system was robustagainst small random shocks, but not against large scale disturbances to key hubs in the network II. Financial innovation helped reduce the complexity of the financial network III. Knightian uncertainty refers to risk that can be quantified and measured IV. Feedback effects under stress accentuated liquidity problems
Which of the following statements is true:
I. Basel II requires banks to conduct stress testing in respect of their credit exposures in addition to stress testing for market risk exposures II. Basel II requires pooled probabilities of default (and not individual PDs for each exposure) to be used for credit risk capital calculations
Which of the following are valid criticisms of value at risk:
I. There are many risks that a VaR framework cannot model
II. VaR does not considerliquidity risk
III. VaR does not account for historical market movements
IV. VaR does not consider the risk of contagion
Which of the following statements are true:
I. Credit risk and counterparty risk are synonymous
II. Counterparty risk is the contingent risk from a counterparty's default in derivative transactions III. Counterparty risk is the risk of a loan default or the risk from moneys lent directly IV. The exposure at default is difficult to estimate for credit risk as it depends upon market movements
Under the standardized approach to calculating operational risk capital, how many business lines are a bank's activities divided into per Basel II?
