Statements I, II, and III are correct.
Disadvantages of Monte Carlo simulation include:
- model risk;
- sampling variation if replications are small;
- and computational time and skill.
Disadvantages of the historical simulation method include:
- lack of historical data;
- use of actual data;
- time variation risk;
- inability to recognize structural change;
- and it may not be able to sufficiently define the distributions tails.
Disadvantages of the delta-normal method include:
- normality assumption results in VAR estimates that understate true VAR for distributions with fat tails;
- and it isn’t able to accurately estimate VAR for portfolios with nonlinear characteristics (i.e., portfolios with option-like positions).