BSLP is a two-dimensional dynamic model of interacting portfolio-level loss and spread (more exactly, loss intensity) processes. The model is similar to the top-down HJM-like frameworks developed by Schonbucher (2005) and Sidenius-Peterbarg-Andersen (SPA) (2005), however is constructed as a...

A clearing member of a Central Counterparty (CCP) is exposed to losses on their default fund and initial margin contributions. Such losses can be incurred whenever the CCP has insufficient funds to unwind the portfolio of a defaulting clearing member. This does not necessarily require the...

In this article we quantify the loss a financial institution can expect due to central counterparty (CCP) membership. Such a loss can be incurred whenever the CCP has insufficient funds to unwind the portfolio of a defaulting clearing member. This does not necessarily require the default of the...

In this article we derive the shareholder loss due to a capital requirement associated to a derivatives transaction. This is a result of a transfer of wealth between shareholders and creditors of the firm. The charge required to negate this loss can be regarded as a capital valuation adjustment...

In this article we derive a capital valuation adjustment for derivatives transactions due to market incompleteness. This is motivated by the fact that a return on equity (RoE) in excess of the riskless rate is the result of undiversifiable portfolio risk.The valuation adjustment represents the...

In this article we introduce a new framework for counterparty risk model backtesting based on Bayesian methods. This provides a conceptually sound approach for analyzing model performance which is also straightforward to implement. We show that our methodology provides important advantages over...

We introduce a simple model for the credit exposure to leveraged and collateralized counter-parties. Wrong-way risk is captured by linking the counter-party default probability directly to changes in the portfolio value. This applies e.g. to leveraged firms such as hedge funds where large...

In the top-down approach to multi-name credit modeling, calculation of singe name sensitivities appears possible, at least in principle, within the so-called random thinning (RT) procedure which dissects the portfolio risk into individual contributions. We make an attempt to construct a...

This paper introduces a new semi-parametric approach to the pricing and risk management of bespoke CDO tranches, with a particular attention to bespokes that need to be mapped onto more than one reference portfolio. The only user input in our framework is a multi-factor model (a "prior" model...

This work addresses the problem of optimal pricing and hedging of a European option on an illiquid asset Z using two proxies: a liquid asset S and a liquid European option on another liquid asset Y. We assume that the S-hedge is dynamic while the Y-hedge is static. Using the indifference pricing...