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Part I: Risk Measurement Framework This part is for the general practitioner. It provides a practical framework on how to think about market risks, how to apply that thinking in practice, and how to interpret the results. It reviews the different approaches to risk estimation, shows how the calculations work on simple examples and discusses how the results can be used in limit management, performance evaluation, and capital allocation. Part II: Statistics of Financial Market Returns This part requires an understanding and interest in statistical analysis. It reviews the assumptions behind the statistics used to describe financial market returns and how distributions of future returns can be estimated. Part III: Risk Modeling of Financial Instruments This part is required reading for implementation of a market risk measurement system. It reviews how positions in any asset class can be described in a standardized fashion (foreign exchange, interest rates, equities, and commodities). Special attention is given to derivatives positions. The purpose is to demystify derivatives in order to show that their market risks can be measured in the same fashion as their underlying. Part IV: RiskMetrics Data Sets This part should be of interest to users of the RiskMetrics data sets. First it describes the sources of all daily price and rate data. It then discusses the attributes of each volatility and correlation series in the RiskMetrics data sets. And last, it provides detailed format descriptions required to decipher the data sets that can be downloaded from public or commercial sources. Appendices This part reviews some of the more technical issues surrounding methodology and regulatory requirements for market risk capital in banks and demonstrates the use of Risk- Metrics with the example diskette provided with this document. Finally, Appendix H shows you how to access the RiskMetrics data sets from the Internet.
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