Credit Risk
262 white papers and resources
Risk Library provides a number of credit risk white papers, industry reports and opinions, which can be used to aid the decision making process and to reduce your organisations credit risk exposure. Credit risk is the type of risk that a lender assumes. As a form of compensation for taking on the risk, a lender receives interest repayments at an agreed upon rate. However, if a borrower defaults on agreed repayments, lenders may lose the partial or full sum and interest of the loan. This could result in the lender incurring further costs such as collection of debt owed and disruption to cash flow.
Hedge Funds: Facing new challenges
The global financial markets are on the threshold of a new regulatory era. Technology will undoubtedly underpin hedge funds’ efforts to comply and compete in this changing environment. But is it better to build tailor-made systems in-house or use a third-party provider of off-the-shelf products?
Predictive intelligence, advanced analytics and the future of risk-aware decision making
There are a lot of similarities between risk management and weather forecasting, and risk management professionals can learn a lot fromstudying how weather forecasters have approached the challenging task of predicting future events. An important component of a risk manager’s job involves…
Top-Tier US Banks Capital Plans
This white paper highlights the key elements of the banks’ capital plan submissions which were identified as suffering from critical weaknesses. The thirty top tier US banks now involved in this high stakes annual assessment are painfully aware that even a passing grade is insufficient to meet…
Risk management in exotic derivatives trading : Lessons from the recent past
This white paper presents a particular occurrence of this issue on the interest rate market, extends it to commodities, and details some risk management techniques that could have been used in order to avoid losses.
Seven signs you’ve outgrown your treasury management system
Seismic shifts in global regulation and a more complex banking landscape areleaving treasurers vulnerable. Legacy treasury management systems cannot meet increasing national and cross-border demands, or provide the real-time decision support tools needed to optimally monitor and control risk. No…
Reducing the Risk of Using Financial Models
At their core, institutional financial markets exist to transfer risk. Whether via corporate lending, equity ownership or the creation and sale of structuredcredit derivatives, financial firms work to shuffle around different forms of risks—from those looking to mitigate it to those looking to take…
KLP empowers the front and middle office with advanced risk analytics
This paper looks at how accurate modelling helps risk managers make better decisions by adopting cloud-based solution to model risk across all asset classes, each user is provided with instant web access to key risk measures and timely, personalized reports.
Real-World Equity & Volatility Behavior: Implications for Economic Scenario Generation
This paper examines the differences between risk-neutral dynamics and real-world dynamics, and the important role of risk premia. We highlight why real-world dynamics are necessary for risk analysis and scenario generation, and also explore the roles of the equity premium and volatility premium in…
OECD CRS: The Global Challenge for Automatic Account Reporting
FATCA, and in particular the implementation via intergovernmental agreements, has triggered a global waveof regulatory measures geared towards an automatic exchange of tax-related information and increased tax transparency. This currently culminates in the upcoming implementation of the OECD Common…
Emerging initial margin requirements
Ongoing market uncertainty over the new and evolving margin regime for non-cleared over-the-counter derivatives has drawn many questions from firms, with too few reliable answers. This global survey – conducted by Risk and sponsored by IBM – is one of the first,comprehensive attempts to shed some…