Concentration risk
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Jasper Hommels and Viktor Tchistiakov describe the implementation of a simple analytical framework for the name concentration measurement that occurs in a credit portfolio due to imperfect diversification...
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Jasper Hommels and Viktor Tchistiakov describe the implementation of a simple analytical framework for the name concentration measurement that occurs in a credit portfolio due to imperfect diversification of idiosyncratic risk. The result is an intuitive...
Sovereign debt crisis raises fears about correlation of derivative collateral denominated in domestic currencies
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Banking systems with small numbers of large banks are more stable and less likely to undergo crises, according to World Bank and NBER economists.
Implementing new concentration risk guidelines by the end of 2010 could be problematic, according to a UK banker at a public hearing on March 12 to discuss the draft guidelines from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (Cebs). Bill Hayward, head...
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (Cebs) has issued guidelines on concentration risk. The document (CP31), published on December 11, contains a section on operational risk concentration (OPRC), the understanding of which Cebs says is “in...
Rating agency findings suggest unintended Basel II concentration risks
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