Capital valuation adjustment (KVA)
Podcast: Matthias Arnsdorf on a new – and cheaper – KVA
Quant proposes approach anchored by a dealer’s default rate rather than its return on equity
KVA as a transfer of wealth
A capital valuation adjustment designed to preserve a firm’s value to shareholders is introduced
Competitive differentiation – Reaping the benefits of XVA centralisation
A forum of industry leaders discusses the latest developments in XVA and the strategic, operational and technological challenges of derivatives valuation in today’s environment, including the key considerations for banks looking to move to a standardised…
Podcast: Mats Kjaer on how trades affect the balance sheet
Bloomberg quant has developed a balance-sheet model for XVA pricing
In the balance redux
Mats Kjaer developes a dynamic balance-sheet pricing model for valuation adjustments
European FRTB proposals spark XVA overload fears
Banks warn of overly complex revaluation process and heightened risk of backtest fails
The fair basis
Wujiang Lou remodels credit arbitrage by introducing funding and capital costs
Sovereign swaps users should learn from Italy’s mistakes
Posting collateral is a cost debt offices must embrace, argues Stefania Perrucci
Swap spreads halve as dealers fight for corporate market share
US bank push, rate movements and evolving market practice driving spreads to “suicidal” levels
XVA: back to CVA?
Fundamental questions on CVA remain unanswered, writes mathematical finance head
Mnuchin makes life harder for quants
Proposed CCAR changes make KVA calculations even more complex
Margin settlement risk and its effect on CVA
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XVA reaches far and wide
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EU capital revamp paves way for corporate CVA charge
Draft directive offers national regulators power to override controversial exemption
Fast and accurate KVA using AAD
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XVA at the exercise boundary
Andrew Green and Chris Kenyon show how the decision to exercise an option is influenced by XVAs
Gap risk KVA and repo pricing
Wujiang Lou introduces a reserve capital approach to the hedging error in the BSM model
Risk optimisation: the noise is the signal
Benedict Burnett, Simon O’Callaghan and Tom Hulme introduce a new method of optimising the accuracy and time taken to calculate risk for an XVA trading book. They show how to make a dynamic choice of the number of paths and time discretisation focusing…
MVA transfer pricing
Wujiang Lou extends liability-side pricing theory to initial margin
Accounting – a quant's job?
Quants have a new interest - developing accounting frameworks
Capital and funding
Quants propose KVA and FVA accounting framework based on Solvency II regulation
XVAs: a gap between theory and practice
Hull and White see splits on FVA, MVA, KVA as irreconcilable
KVA pushes accounting standards to the limit
Radical changes needed if banks are to account for cost of capital