Credit Derivatives
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe a credit derivative credit default swap (CDS) total return swap and collateralized debt obligation (CDO). Explain how to account for credit risk exposure in valuing a CDS. Identify the default…
Sovereign Default Risk
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Identify and explain the different sources of country risk. Evaluate the methods for measuring country risk and discuss the limitations of using those methods. Compare and contrast foreign currency defaults and…
Estimating Market Risk Measures
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Estimate VaR using a historical simulation approach. Estimate VaR using a parametric approach for both normal and lognormal return distributions. Estimate the expected shortfall given P/L or return data. Describe coherent…
Stress-Testing
After completing this reading, you should be able to: Describe the rationale for the use of stress testing as a risk management tool. Identify key aspects of stress testing governance, including choice of scenarios, regulatory specifications, model building, stress-testing coverage,…
Non-Parametric Approaches
p> After completing this reading, you should be able to: Apply the bootstrap historical simulation approach to estimate coherent risk measures. Describe historical simulation using non-parametric density estimation. Compare and contrast the age-weighted, the volatility-weighted, the correlation-weighted, and the filtered…
