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Westpac Group Pillar 3 Report March 2013 - Iguana IR Sites

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PILLAR 3 REPORT<br />

MARKET RISK<br />

Back-testing results<br />

The following graph gives a comparison of actual profit and loss to VaR over the 6 months ended 31 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

Traded Risk: Actual Profit and Loss vs. VaR<br />

01 October 2012 to 31 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />

Actual Profit<br />

and Loss ($m)<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

-<br />

(10)<br />

(20)<br />

(30)<br />

(40)<br />

(50)<br />

(60)<br />

- 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60<br />

Daily Value at Risk ($m)<br />

Each point on the graph represents 1 day’s trading profit or loss. This result is placed on the graph relative to the<br />

associated VaR utilisation. The downward sloping line represents the point where a loss is equal to VaR utilisation.<br />

Any point below this line represents a back-test exception (i.e. where the loss is greater than the VaR).<br />

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