2016-FRR Exam Question 21

The retail banking business of BankGamma has an expected P & L of $50 million and a VaR of $100 million.
The bank seeks to diversify its revenue, and is considering the opportunity to acquire a credit card business
with an expected P & L of $50 million and a VaR of $150 million. What will be the overall RAROC if the
bank acquires the new business?
  • 2016-FRR Exam Question 22

    Bank Sigma has an opportunity to do a securitization deal for a credit card company, but has to retain a portion
    of the residual risk of the deal with an estimated VaR of $8 MM. Its fees for the deal are $2 MM, and the
    short-term financing costs are $600,000. What would be the RAROC for this transaction?
  • 2016-FRR Exam Question 23

    Altman's Z-score incorporates all the following variables that are predictive of bankruptcy EXCEPT:
  • 2016-FRR Exam Question 24

    A bank customer can use either a plain vanilla option or an option contract with volumetric flexibility to
    reduce the following risks:
    I. Market Risk
    II. Basis Risk
    III. Operational Risk
  • 2016-FRR Exam Question 25

    A trader attempts to hold long positions when markets are rising and hold short positions when markets are
    falling. Which one of the following four trading styles is she likely to use?