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by quant83
January 17th, 2015, 3:36 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Patent in Financial Industries
Replies: 2
Views: 3809

Patent in Financial Industries

I am a little curious to know, if there are patents being filed by financial institutions. I have seen patents being filed by Google, etc. in the field of computer science, do we have something similar in finance?
by quant83
December 14th, 2014, 5:37 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Incremental Risk Charge
Replies: 4
Views: 6224

Incremental Risk Charge

The concept of incremental risk charge is relatively new in the banking sector. I do see some references in the literature but not sure if they are peer-reviewed. Any standard references for implementing IRC, that complies with the regulations will be helpful. Thanks.
by quant83
December 14th, 2014, 5:34 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Calculating VaR for illiquid portfolios
Replies: 2
Views: 4289

Calculating VaR for illiquid portfolios

Thanks Anthis. That was helpful.
by quant83
November 29th, 2014, 2:22 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Calculating VaR for illiquid portfolios
Replies: 2
Views: 4289

Calculating VaR for illiquid portfolios

<t>There are a few references in the literature that discusses about calculating Var for illiquid portfolios. The main issue is that the MTM value for such products do not change daily. Which are the most popular industry methods to calculate VaR in such cases? Any standard references will be helpfu...