Exposure at default (EAD)
JP Morgan counterparty credit risk grows
Risk-weighted assets consumed by least-risky counterparties decline from 57% to 36% in two years
Fed, Goldman: wide use of SA-CCR creates problems
Isda AGM: Fed plans quick implementation, while Goldman urges caution on extending use
Rethink urged over Basel’s counterparty exposure framework
Industry calls for softening of SA-CCR amid claims it could lead to doubling of calculated exposures
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Banks battle to preserve ‘good value’ IRB models
Improving credit risk modelling assumptions could soften Basel's push for input floors
Default risk floors threaten €72bn of RWAs in EU
Risk.net analysis finds PD floor would hit a swath of low-risk corporate loans at the biggest EU banks
Traders shocked by $712m CVA loss at StanChart
Bank’s new methodology has been used by some rivals for more than a decade
Cutting edge introduction: Jumpy wrong-way risk
Quants propose easy approximations for modelling wrong-way risk in CVA frameworks
Fed's Pykhtin: new risk measure less punitive than CEM
Capital benefits also remain intact for modelling banks, says Fed official
5,000 trades: Basel III's magic number squeezes swaps books
There is a magic number in bank capital rules – 5,000 trades – below which portfolios qualify for a lower margin period of risk. Some dealers are now trying to cut their books down to size. Others claim that’s impossible. Joe Rennison reports
Exposure under systemic impact
Exposure under systemic impact
Risk USA: Regulators called on to restrict loan modelling choices
Less modelling freedom makes sense, says loan data expert – and the alternatives would be far worse
Credible capital: regulators prepare to tackle RWA divergence
Credible capital
Counterparty risk capital and CVA
Counterparty risk capital and CVA
Name concentration correction
Credit Risk
Name concentration correction
Name concentration correction
Counterparty charge an act too far?
The Basel Committee shocked many bankers in December by unleashing proposals to significantly increase capital requirements for counterparty risk exposures. But industry participants argue the measures overlap with each other and could hike up capital to…