lcw77

maisatomai Wrote:
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> 1) 2 fixed income portfolio could have identical
> durations and substantially different VAR
> 2) beta does not measure the potential
> underperformance of our equity portfolio compared
> with FTSE all share index

Duration only measures interest rate risk. The portfolios could exhibit the same duration but have drastically different credit quality which would result in different VAR measures.