This paper discusses challenges that financial institutions face in the area of liquidity risk measurement and management. The SAS response to these challenges is to deliver an integrated risk solution, SAS® Risk Management for Banking, that can meet the immediate requirements banks have while...

The framework presented in this paper describes how a risk manager in a systematic and structured way can construct scenarios. It creates a natural platform where quantitative analysts, economists as well as top management within a large bank can discuss, quantify and implement scenarios. A key...

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...

The financial crisis at the end of last decade has called for a comprehensive liquidity risk management framework. The challenge not only lies in finding appropriate liquidity risk measures but more importantly how to apply these measures to implement a risk based liquidity management. A core...

In this paper we describe methods of decomposing risk into subcomponents such as contributing instruments, subportfolios or underlying risk factors e.g., equity, foreign exchange, economy-wide systematic and interest rate risk factors. The Euler allocation principle for allocation of instrument...

Risk aggregation is the roll-up of low-level risks or sub-risks to higher levels. Risk management for banks or insurance institutions involves risk measurement and risk control at the individual risk level, including market risk, credit risk, and operational risks and also the aggregated risk of...

The management of a liquid asset portfolio that can be used to generate counterbalancing capacity in liquidity distress is quickly emerging as a core function in banks. The new Basel III liquidity risk regulation underscores the importance in banks managing a liquidity contingency buffer. The...

The New Basel Capital Accord presents a framework for measuring operational risk which includes four degrees of complexity. In this paper we focus on a mathematical description of the Loss Distribution Approach (LDA), being the more rigorous and potentially more accurate approach towards which...