Describe Asset/Liability Models and explain why it is better than Value-at-Risk Models for Portfolio Managemen

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  1. Describe Asset/Liability Models and explain why it is better than Value-at-Risk Models for Portfolio Management.
  2. List SIX (6) Preventable and Unpreventable risk that an organization operating in Ghana is likely to face
  1. As a result of the global financial crisis in the early 1980s, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) set up a panel of eminent bankers to study the global financial system and make recommendations on how to make it more effective, efficient and robust. How have these recommendations assisted in strengthening the global financial and the Ghanaian banking System?
  2. In a table form, identify FIVE Key Risks Indicators that AFRICA WORLD AIRLINES, UCC and MTN GHANA face in their operations. On a separate table offer mitigating strategies for each of the identified risks from the previous table.
  3. Explain the weaknesses of Basel I Accord, the THREE (3) Pillars in Basel II Accord and the Five (5) identified risk areas under Basel III Accord. And explain why Basel II Accord could not prevent the 2007-2008 global financial crisis.
  4. Explain the use of Economic Capital in measuring risk among financial institutions and its relationship to Regulatory Capital.      

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