Credit Derivatives
108 white papers and resources
Risk Library hosts a number of Credit Derivative white papers, analyst reports and legal briefings.
Three key drivers of middle-office outsourcing
This white paper examines the growing trend of middle-office outsourcing among asset and fund managers, driven by operational efficiency and cost control. Insights from Hedgeweek’s May 2023 report show that 60% of hedge funds outsource back-office tasks, with 40% outsourcing middle-office functions…
Risk, portfolio margin, regulation: regtech to the rescue
This Whitepaper addresses the complexity of today’s risk environment for market professionals which can only be fully met with a regtec approach. Cost, competition, technology capability, and regulation influence and drive decision making. Successfully navigating the seemingly incalculable…
A guide to home equity investments: the untapped real estate asset class
Despite near-term headwinds, the US housing market remains one of the most resilient asset classes available to private investors. Home equity investments (HEIs) present an innovative route to residential home equity exposure that is both capital-efficient and scalable, while offering the potential…
Driving a modern operational resilience program
Strengthen your operational resilience processes, meet pertinent regulatory requirements in this space, and enhance business continuity practices with the help of high-performance GRC technology.
Recovering Greeks from sensitivities
This quantitative paper presents a model-independent method for calculating delta, vega and rho based on a comparison of the sensitivities of any derivative payoff with those of its underlying observables. This allows for generic definitions for these Greeks with an intuitive geometric…
Investment management ‘one analytics view’ for credit bonds and ESG risk factors
A Chartis and MSCI research report that examines how firms must integrate ESG risk analytics with multiple other performance or risk analytics in credit bond portfolios to obtain a meaningful, quantitative and comprehensive investment view
Finding the investment management ‘one analytics view’
This paper outlines the benefits accruing to buy-side practitioners on the back of generating a single analytics view of their risk and performance metrics across funds, regions and asset classes. And, while that objective might be well understood and clearly defined, actually producing a single,…
Bank balancing: optimising margin and capital in a higher-rate environment
This Risk.net paper, which features leading practitioner insights, assesses the challenges banks are facing in the new higher rate environment and the strategies and tools they are using to optimise margin and capital on their derivatives portfolios.
The importance of data-driven decision-making in Asia-Pacific
Embracing data-driven decision-making enabled by digital technologies is crucial for the success of lending institutions in the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region. Factors such as evolving regulations, technological advancements and changing consumer behaviours are driving continuous transformation in the…
Apac banks put trust in pre‑trade
Amid tougher trading conditions, Apac banks are making greater use of pre‑trade analytics to inform their strategies and reduce risk. But how successful are these tools?