Question 31

Which of the following correctly identifies reasons for collecting internal operational risk event and loss
information?
I. Assessing the risk of specific areas of concern.
II. Evaluating risk events and outcomes.
III. Collecting data for capital modeling.
IV. Getting insight into risk events in other firms in the industry.
  • Question 32

    Which of the following statements defines Value-at-risk (VaR)?
  • Question 33

    Banks duration match their assets and liabilities to manage their interest risk in their banking book. A bank has
    $100 million in interest rate sensitive assets and $100 million in interest rate sensitive liabilities. Currently the
    bank's assets have a duration of 5 and its liabilities have a duration of 2. The asset-liability management
    committee of the bank is in the process of duration-matching. Which of the following actions would best
    match the durations?
  • Question 34

    An asset manager just bought a coupon paying bond with principal value $100,000 for $87,000 with a current
    yield of 4.7%. He assumes that if the yields change to 5.7% the price of the bond would be $84,500. Based on
    this assumption what is the modified duration of the bond?
  • Question 35

    US based Alpha Bank holds European corporate bonds and US inflation-indexed Treasury notes in its
    investment portfolio. This investment portfolio is not exposed to changes in which of the following?