Forecasting Portfolio Risk Estimation by Using Garch and Var Methods

Noor Azlinna, Azizan and Lee, Chia Kuang and Zeenat, Ahmed (2012) Forecasting Portfolio Risk Estimation by Using Garch and Var Methods. Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 3 (11). pp. 62-69. ISSN 2222-1697 (Print); 2222-2847 (Online). (Published)

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Abstract

Risk management or risk predicting are closely related with the market volatility which affect the return of portfolio estimation. Portfolio managers around the world concerned with risk estimation because portfolio risk management is part of their decision-making process. According to Hull (2006), VaR is widely used by fund managers “to provide a single number summarizing the total risk in a portfolio of financial assets.” Motivates from this, we conducted an analysis to compare the effectiveness of VaR analysis and GARCH method in forecasting risk estimation. Risk manager can used the best methods in reducing their customers risk volatility and rank the risk level.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Forecasting, Value at Risk, GARCH, Portfolio estimation, Risk.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Engineering Technology
Depositing User: Ms Suriati Mohd Adam
Date Deposited: 17 May 2016 07:35
Last Modified: 19 Jul 2018 02:06
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6796
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