Credit Risk: Models, Derivatives, and Management (Chapman and Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series)

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featuring Contributions From Leading International Academics And Practitioners, credit Risk: Models, Derivatives, And Management Illustrates How A Risk Management System Can Be Implemented Through An Understanding Of Portfolio Credit Risks, A Set Of Suitable Models, And The Derivation Of Reliable Empirical Results.

divided Into Six Sections, The Book

• Explores The Rapidly Developing Area Of Credit Derivative Products, Including Itraxx Futures, Itraxx Default Swaptions, And Constant Proportion Debt Obligations

• Addresses The Relationships Between The Dj Itraxx Credit Default Swap (cds) Index And The Stock Market As Well As Cds Spreads And Macroeconomic Factors

• Investigates Systematic And Firm-specific Default Risk Factors, Compares Cds Pricing Results From The Creditgrades Industry Benchmark To A Trinomial Tree Approach, And Applies The Hull—white Intensity-based Model To The Pricing Of Names From The Cdx Index

• Analyzes Aggregate Default And Recovery Rates On Corporate Bond Defaults Over A Twenty-year Period, The Responses Of Hazard Rates To Changes In A Set Of Economic Variables, Low-default Portfolios, And Tests On The Accuracy Of The Basel Ii Framework

• Describes Benchmark Models Of Implied Credit Correlation Risk, Copula-based Default Dependence Concepts, The Fit Of Various Copula Models, And A Common Factor Model Of Systematic Credit Risk

• Studies The Pricing Of Options On Single-name Cdss, The Pricing Of Credit Derivatives, Collateralized Debt Obligation (cdo) Price Data, The Pricing Of Cdo Tranches, Applications Of Gaussian And Student’s t Copula Functions, And The Pricing Of Cdos

using Mathematical Models And Methodologies, This Volume Provides The Essential Knowledge To Properly Manage Credit Risk And Make Sound Financial Decisions.

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