Risk Management case studies, worked step by step

Cases
100
Traced to a firm
19
Topics
13
Hard
30
Topic
All topicsCapital and regulation8Corporate credit and ratings10Counterparty risk and CVA7Hedging a book8Investment and portfolio risk8Liquidity risk and ALM8Market risk limits and VaR7Model risk and validation8Operational risk and loss events8Project and real asset finance7Retail and portfolio credit8Stress testing and scenarios7Structured finance and securitisation6
Level
AnyWarm upCoreHard
Source
AnyReported at a firmStandard
Showing 71–80 of 100
  1. 071An interest rate risk spreadsheet reports that a 100 basis point rise adds Rs 12 crore to earnings. Review finds a gap bucket with the wrong sign and a rate hard-coded from last year; corrected, the answer is a Rs 9 crore loss. How are such errors found, and what controls do end-user models need?Model risk and validationCoreModel validationTreasury and ALM
  2. 072A bank's unreconciled nostro items older than 30 days have risen from 12 to 45 in three months and now total Rs 60 crore. What does the trend signal, what amber and red thresholds would you set, and who must be told?Operational risk and loss eventsCoreOperational riskTreasury and ALM
  3. 073A microfinance lender has Rs 800 crore in stage 1 at a 2% twelve-month PD, Rs 150 crore in stage 2 at an 18% lifetime PD and Rs 50 crore in stage 3, all at 65% LGD. Compute the expected credit loss provision and the extra charge if Rs 100 crore moves from stage 1 to stage 2.Retail and portfolio creditCoreBank credit riskNBFC credit risk
  4. 074An NBFC has capital of Rs 1,500 crore on loans of Rs 9,000 crore, all at a 100% risk weight, and must hold at least 15%. Loss given default is 50%. Run a reverse stress test: what portfolio default rate takes it to the minimum, and how plausible is that?Stress testing and scenariosHardNBFC credit riskRisk GCC
  5. 075A manufacturer sells Rs 400 crore of trade receivables into a securitisation. Dilution from credit notes and returns averages 4% with a stressed peak of 9%, and defaults run at 2% with a stressed 6%. Size the reserve needed to protect senior investors at the stressed levels.Structured finance and securitisationCoreRating agencyBank credit risk
  6. 076A bank with Rs 2,500 crore of CET1 holds corporate loans, home loans and government bonds at different risk weights. Compute its RWA and CET1 ratio, then show what moving Rs 5,000 crore from corporate to home loans does.Capital and regulationCoreBank credit riskRisk GCC
  7. 077You are lead analyst meeting the CFO of a consumer products company with high fixed costs, a one-time charge and a large debt maturity next year. What do you ask, and what does a 10% revenue fall do to operating profit?Corporate credit and ratingsCoreMoody'sNew York · 2018
  8. 078A clearing member defaults with a Rs 300 crore loss on its positions. Run the clearing house's default waterfall and show who pays what.Counterparty risk and CVACoreCounterparty riskBank market risk
  9. 079A sugar mill has sold 60% of its output forward, and the spot price then falls 20%. Compute revenue with and without the hedge, and explain what the lender gains from the hedging policy.Hedging a bookWarm upBank credit riskNBFC credit risk
  10. 080A rupee fund's US equities return 8% in dollars while the rupee falls 3%. What is the rupee return, and what would it have been if the dollar exposure had been hedged with a 4% forward premium?Investment and portfolio riskWarm upAsset manager risk

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