Alie, Kaylene Jean2018-02-162018-02-162016Alie, Kaylene Jean (2016) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23989>https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23989Thesis (M.M. (Finance & Investment)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits Business School, 2016The study is an assessment of the current treatment of business risk, as a significant risk type for financial institutions. It includes an industry analysis of the five major banks in South Africa, as well as international banks, and how these banks currently manage business risk in the Pillar 2 supervisory process. It assesses economic capital frameworks and the importance of business risk in the risk assessment and measurement process in the global and local industry. Various methodologies have been researched to assess which statistical methods are best suited in the measurement of this risk type as well as the quantification of the capital levels required. This study has compared the available statistical methodologies currently used in the industry and concludes which is best given the issues pertaining to the modelling of business risk quantification. A statistical model has been developed to quantify business risk for a specific bank using bank specific data, using a methodology which is relatively generic and could be applied widely across all financial institutions. The model serves to illustrate the principles surrounding the quantification of business risk economic capital.Online resource (50 leaves)enBank capitalBasel II (2004 June 26)Risk management--Mathematical modelsBanks and banking--South AfricaFinancial institutions--South AfricaThesis