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Expected Shortfall is considered a 'coherent' risk measure because it satisfies subadditivity.

Which of the following best describes the practical implication of subadditivity for a risk manager?

  1. The risk of a combined portfolio is less than or equal to the sum of the risks of the individual parts.
  2. If a position is scaled by a factor λ, the risk measure is also scaled by exactly λ.
  3. Adding a riskless cash amount to the portfolio reduces the risk measure by that exact amount.
  4. The risk measure must increase if the portfolio's potential losses at all states of the world increase.

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