Measurement models for market risk management in Nigeria

Abstract

Market risk is connected with the price fluctuations and other market factor movements on four of the world’s most
prominent financial markets: Debt securities market, stock market, currency market and commodity market. The
high level of unpredictability in the market in which organizations operate is a significant element driving the fast
growth of risk measurement and management. Firms are exposed to more market risk in a volatile environment,
which offers a motivator for them to develop new and improved risk models. This paper generally analyzes the
performance of different models which try to solve, estimate, measure and manage various market risks in order
to derive parameters which aid good decision making.