Fed scenarios have taken a somewhat benign view of corporate credit, while doing a very good job on evaluating potential equity market shocks, says the president of a stress-test software company.
Risk management failed dramatically during steep market drops since '98, and we argue that's because too much focus has been placed on backward-looking risk measures and not enough on scenario...
As the VIX tumbles to lows not seen since before 2008, we must ponder the meaning of this complete disappearance of volatility. Are we really witnessing historically low levels of risk?
