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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    Isn't here you will be calculating them based on average of poitive 3 years x 15% but only on the business unit level or separately as the answere were given lead to doing it that way
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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    The formula for the liabilities is short plus .5 long debt which is 6 that makes the liability 7+.5x6 =10
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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    I think also there was a question which statement is true and a table is provided for Credi var and Market Var choices given were including a) credit var of 6m and b) Market stressed var equal 316M any one remember the answer
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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    Yes exactly we will be averaging those above the Var isn't?
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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    What was the answer for the ES - 10 var s were provided - was it only sum and average by 10!!! I remember a question regarding frechet and a shape more than 3 i answer it has heaver tails than Gumbel/ totally not sure. I remember that it is heaver than Std normal considering std is almost the...
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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    PSA & the SMM question was about yhe the greates paid back could occure when... I do not recall the provided answeres but some was talking about the PSA 115 or PSA 90...
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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    one question was about the hardle rate.
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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    The QQ plot was it thik or thin tails ...i choose thin, i saw on shweser if not mistaken. How did you calculate the DD for the KMV question (20-10)/.28x20=1.78 which was among the answers provided . Where did i go wrong??? Initially i thought it is straight forward
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    Exam Feedback May 2016 Part 2 Exam Feedback

    London whale i answered manager was overriding risk controls might be a) Cyper security i choose first they should recognise the threats such as emplyee... Implied var i choose an answer that is 400 - the 188 or 283 something being the realizrd amount toward the less EL ( might be that i start...
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 2 (May 2015) Exam Feedback

    The answer was if interest increased from 2.5%. To 3 % as this will increase the expenses by 4 m leading to reducing RAROC to less than 10%.
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 2 (May 2015) Exam Feedback

    I think we both fall into the same mistake by considering the 10% as the portfolio std whilst we need to calculate the portfolio std sqrt of 10^2 +10%^2. This is a problem with FRM questions they are asking about too many things some with many tricks in one questions
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 2 (May 2015) Exam Feedback

    I think i have get the same reply d. As i even worked on the same doubt i worked on other possible calculation but was not part of the choices therefore get it as "d".
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    Exam Feedback FRM Part 2 (May 2015) Exam Feedback

    Hi Hi, They provide the portfolio var of 100m and ask for the portfolio size "p" for each manager. My self i chose 143 m but i forget to calculate the portfolio std wrongly i toke it as 10% which is wrong as it was the manager std rather than the portfolio std. Regards
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    When will results for the May 2012 FRM Exam be available?

    It is congratulation .....I passed man thanks ......no need to ask you what about you !!!!
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    When will results for the May 2012 FRM Exam be available?

    congratulation ..... but How to get the score Thanks
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    When will results for the May 2012 FRM Exam be available?

    I passed many thanks David and Suzan and all..."............
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    Level 1: Post what you can remember here

    Hi Alex, isn't it sqrt (w/1-a-b). Thanks
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    Level 1: Post what you can remember here

    - one about forward price no arbitrage I remember it was $109 based on (S exe r + storage - conv t) <= F <= ( S exe r + storage t ) 108.8<=F<=110. ( not sure about the exact figures) The answer we got after doing the calculation was a little bit above 108.x and the max was close to 110...
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    Level 1: Post what you can remember here

    Hi David, In one of the question they asked about Convexity, my calculation reach -22. Choices given includes a) -22 , B) +22. C) .... . I thought it makes since as soon as the increase in the bond price is more than the decrease then it is possible if yes then Is it righte to say -22 or we say...
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    Level 1: Post what you can remember here

    Hi this is what I remember hope it will add value - there was two question both with charts one about positive correlation or something I choose D as an answer( 1+) and the other one 4 scatter plotter was provided asking in which one you will invest?? I chosed (A) the least dispersion and...
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