The application of credit risk models in Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review and European Banking Authority mandated regulatory macroeconomic stress testing is of significant concern for banks. The credit models that are used to project stressed losses and impairments under macroeconomic...

In this paper we provide an overview of the credit model approaches for lifetime impairment models. The main focus is on the models for credit risk term-structures which are a particularly important component that banks are currently struggling with. However, we also discuss briefly the...

Modelling credit risk is a challenge for any financial institution and in particular any bank need a structured approach to the quantification and management of credit risk. In this paper we intend to describe, as clearly as possible, the structures and models involved. Our point of view is that...

In this paper we develop a multi-period and multi-state portfolio credit risk model which is applicable to large dimensional portfolios like for example retail and mortgage portfolios. The model includes a methodology for estimation and simulation of systematic transition risk through a model...

Financial institutions face many challenges due to recent Basel III-related changes in the area of counterparty exposure measurement and management. In response to these challenges, SAS delivers an integrated risk offering – SAS® Risk Management for Banking – that can meet the immediate...