Stress Testing, RAROC, and Capital Planning

Free GARP FRM Part II lesson in Operational Risk and Resilience. 22 min read, ~3,232 words.

Stress testing answers a different question than VaR: VaR asks the loss at a confidence level, stress testing asks the forward-looking impact if a defined scenario occurs (no confidence level attaches to a scenario). Reverse stress testing is expected by both the Fed and EBA: it asks what would break...

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