Valuation and risk analysis of synthetic collateralised debt obligations: a copula function approach
David X Li and Jure Skarabot
Introduction
Credit derivatives: the past, the present and the future
The determinants of credit spread returns
What’s driving the default swap basis?
What is the value of modified restructuring?
The debt and equity linkage and the valuation of credit derivatives
Nth to default swaps and notes: all about default correlation
Portfolio credit risk models
Credit derivatives as an efficient way of transitioning to optimal portfolios
Overview of the CDO market
Synthetic securitisation and structured portfolio credit derivatives
Integrating credit derivatives and securitisation technology: the collateralised synthetic obligation
Considerations for dynamic and static, cash and synthetic collateralised debt obligations
CDOs of CDOs: art eating itself?
Valuation and risk analysis of synthetic collateralised debt obligations: a copula function approach
Extreme events and multi-name credit derivatives
Reduced-form models: curve construction and the pricing of credit swaps, options and hybrids
Dynamite dynamics
Modelling and hedging of default risk
ISDA’s role in the credit derivatives marketplace
Credit linked notes
Using guarantees and credit derivatives to reduce credit risk capital requirements under the New Basel Capital Accord
INTRODUCTION
Development of credit derivatives markets
The need to efficiently manage credit risk generated a strong foundation for the expansion of suitable market instruments. Serving this purpose, credit derivatives products are one of the most effective solutions, providing various methods for transfer of credit risk between the market participants. Credit derivatives markets have been through a rapid growth over the last several years. New findings and improvements in credit risk modelling have fuelled the widespread use of credit derivative products. These not only provide the method for credit risk management, but they also allow for alternative investment opportunities and deliver a range of new investment products tailored to their specific requirements to investors.
The main goal of credit derivatives is to transfer reference credit risk between the buyers and sellers of credit protection. Originally, investors were focused on the credit risk associated with the individual names, but today the portfolio risk transfers are more and more prevalent. It became evident that the credit risk
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