Technical paper/Risk management
Counterparty credit risk pricing and measurement of swaption portfolios
This paper introduces a technique for pricing and risk measurement of portfolios containing swaption contracts in the presence of counterparty credit risk, under general market model and volatility assumptions.
Numerical algorithms for research and development stochastic control models
The authors consider the optimal strategy of research and development (R&D) expenditure adopted by a firm that engages in R&D to develop an innovative product to be launched in the market.
Faster payments in Denmark
A number of countries are introducing faster settlement of retail payments due to increasing consumer demand.
Inferring unsecured interbank loans and interest rates from interbank payments: an evaluation
We investigate whether overnight unsecured interbank loans and interest rates can be reliably inferred at the market and bank level from central banks’ interbank payments data.
The impact of retail payment innovations on cash usage
This study examines the effect of retail payment innovations on the use of cash at the point of sale.
Analysis of the use and impact of limits
In this paper, we analyze the use and impact of limits in TARGET2. Limits in the form of bilateral or multilateral debit limits are a liquidity management feature in TARGET2.
Short-rate joint-measure models
A joint-measure model combining Q-measure and P-measure
Credit exposure models backtesting for Basel III
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has introduced strict regulatory guidance on how to validate and backtest internal model methods for credit exposure. Fabrizio Anfuso, Dimitrios Karyampas and Andreas Nawroth incorporate these guidelines into a…
Optimal trading under proportional transaction costs
The theory of optimal trading under proportional transaction costs has been considered from a variety of perspectives. In this paper, Richard Martin shows that all results can be interpreted using a universal law through trading algorithm design
Adjoint credit risk management
Adjoint algorithmic differentiation is one of the principal innovations in risk management in recent times. Luca Capriotti and Jacky Lee show how this technique can be used to compute real-time risk for credit products, even those valued with fast semi…
Asset correlation in residential mortgage-backed security reference portfolios
This paper contributes to the literature about estimating asset correlation in two ways. First, we compare the performance of different estimation approaches in a simulation study.
Estimation of risk measures for large credit portfolios
In this paper, saddle point techniques are used in the computation of risk measures for large mark-to-market credit portfolios with stochastic recovery and correlation between obligors depending on the state of the economy.
A credit value adjustment scheme for bank loan portfolios
In this study the authors develop an analytical scheme that integrates a large spectrum of typical bank loans and credits, accommodates common bank loan portfolio chronological interdependencies and allows the necessary credit value adjustments (CVAs)…