The inefficient pricing of the CDS (credit default swap) market has been considered as one of the main causes of the Global Financial Crisis. As price discovery is theoretically related to liquidity, this has been considered a source of mispricing in this over-the-counter market. However the CDS...

I present an analytical formula for the value of the jth tranche (of N tranches) that grants the holder ownership of the jth bond to default for the simplest case of a collateralized debt obligation (CDO) backed by N (typically 125 for many actual securities) zero-coupon bonds that all have the...

This paper presents a joint analysis of the term structure of credit default swap (CDS) spreads and the implied volatility surface. The rapid development of the CDS market has provided convenient products to extract credit risk, and its interaction with equity volatility has been analyzed in...

Can banks trade credit default swaps (CDSs) referenced on their current corporate clients at competitive prices, or are banks penalized for potentially holding private information? To answer this question we merge CDS trades reported under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)...

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on inflation-adjusted bonds, swaps, and derivatives. The methodology for valuation and risk management of these securities is an application of the foreign currency extension of a standard HJM term structure model. The two “currencies” in...

The recent volatility in crypto-currency prices caught many Bitcoin miners, lenders, and financial institutions off guard, highlighting their lack of risk management practices for financing Bitcoin Mining ASICs.The lack of understanding of the sensitivity of ASIC machine pricing to BTC prices,...

Climate scenario analysis is increasingly important as firms are required by regulation to report on climate risk. For example, TCFD disclosure using NGFS scenarios is currently an emerging standard for financial firms. Within this context, an important risk/ opportunities driver is the funding...

This paper develops a formula to numerically estimate the unsubsidized, fair-market value of the toxic assets purchased with Federal Reserve loans. It finds that subsidy rates on these loans were on average 33.9 percent at origination. In contrast, by the 3rd quarter of the 2010, there was on...