Value relevance of mandated market risk exposure disclosure : value-at-risk.

This paper investigates the value relevance of Value-at-Risk. It was found that Value-at-Risk is associated with weaker earnings-returns relation. Investors perceive the earnings of firms with considerable market risk exposure to be less persistent and thus lower their expected rate of returns.

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Main Authors: Sentosa, Adi., Sin, June Weiwei., Goh, Cher Yan.
Other Authors: Lim, Chee Yeow
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9339
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:This paper investigates the value relevance of Value-at-Risk. It was found that Value-at-Risk is associated with weaker earnings-returns relation. Investors perceive the earnings of firms with considerable market risk exposure to be less persistent and thus lower their expected rate of returns.