Liquidity at risk
The Liquidity-at-Risk (short: LaR) is a measure of the liquidity risk exposure of a financial portfolio.
It may be defined as the net liquidity drain which can occur in the portfolio in a given risk scenario. If the Liquidity-at-Risk is greater than the portfolio's current liquidity position then the portfolio may face a liquidity shortfall.
Liquidity-at-Risk is different from other measures of risk based on total loss, as it is based on an estimate of cash losses, or liquidity outflows, as opposed to total loss.
Definition
The Liquidity-at-Risk of a financial portfolio associated with a stress scenario is the net liquidity outflow resulting from this stress scenario:[1]
The liquidity shortfall in a stress scenario is thus given by the difference between the Liquidity-at-Risk associated with the stress scenario and the amount of liquid assets available at the point where the scenario occurs.
The concept of Liquidity-at-Risk is used in stress testing. It is a conditional measure, which depends on the stress scenario considered.
By analogy with Value-at-Risk one may also define a statistical notion of Liquidity-at-Risk, at a given confidence level (e.g. 95%), which may be defined as the highest Liquidity-at-Risk that may occur across all scenarios considered under a probabilistic model, with probability higher than the confidence level.[2]
This statistical notion of Liquidity-at-Risk is subject to model risk as it will depend on the probability distribution over scenarios.
Relation with other risk measures
Liquidity-at-Risk is different from other measures of risk based on total loss, such as Value-at-Risk, as it is based on an estimate of cash losses, or liquidity outflows, as opposed to total loss.
See also
References
- ^ Cont, Rama; Kotlicki, Artur; Valderrama, Laura (2020). "Liquidity at Risk: Joint Stress Testing of Solvency and Liquidity". Journal of Banking and Finance. 118. doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2020.105871. hdl:11250/2652653.
- ^ Conzen, Sander (6 September 2009). Liquidity at Risk (LaR) und LiquidityValue at Risk (LVaR): Zwei neue Ansätze für das Liquiditätsmanagement (in German) (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management ed.). Hamburg, Germany: Diplomica. ISBN 978-3-8366-3500-4. Retrieved 12 January 2016.