Selected aspects of market risk management

The main objective of the bachelor thesis is to define the basic methods for measurement and a way to reduce market risk. In the beginning of work the basic types of financial risk are defined, then individual types of market risk are described in more detail. Next the methods Value at risk for measuring market risk -- the method of variation and covariance, historical simulation and Monte Carlo simulation -- are explained. To specify measurement of interest-rate risk gap analysis and duration gap analysis are analyzed. Then there is enlightened about financial derivatives, which serve as the basic tools to ensure market risk. Therewithal standardized method for calculating capital requirements for various market risks is developed. Theoretical knowledge gained by studying literature is applied in the calculation of VaR by the method of variation and covariance. And triangular decomposition principle is used to influence the value at risk