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Correlation risk modeling and management : an applied guide including the Basel III correlation framework-- with interactive models in Excel/VBA /

The first rigorous guide to cover the topic of correlation risk. A relatively overlooked type of risk until it caused major unexpected losses during the financial crisis of 2007 through 2009, correlation risk has become a major focus of the risk management departments in major financial institutions...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meissner, Gunter, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Wiley, ©2014.
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  • Correlation Risk Modeling and Management: An Applied Guide Including the Basel III Correlation Framework-with Interactive Correlation Models in Excel®/VBA; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Some Correlation Basics: Properties, Motivation, Terminology; 1.1 What Are Financial Correlations?; 1.2 What Is Financial Correlation Risk?; 1.3 Motivation: Correlations and Correlation Risk Are Everywhere in Finance; 1.3.1 Investments and Correlation; 1.3.2 Trading and Correlation; 1.3.3 Risk Management and Correlation
  • 1.3.4 The Global Financial Crisis of 2007 to 2009 and Correlation1.3.5 Regulation and Correlation; 1.4 How Does Correlation Risk Fit into the Broader Picture of Risks in Finance?; 1.4.1 Correlation Risk and Market Risk; 1.4.2 Correlation Risk and Credit Risk; 1.4.3 Correlation Risk and Systemic Risk; 1.4.4 Correlation Risk and Concentration Risk; 1.5 A Word on Terminology; 1.6 Summary; Appendix 1A: Dependence and Correlation; Dependence; Correlation; Independence and Uncorrelatedness; Appendix 1B: On Percentage and Logarithmic Changes; Practice Questions and Problems
  • Practice Questions and ProblemsReferences and Suggested Readings; Chapter 3: Statistical Correlation Models-Can We Apply Them to Finance?; 3.1 A Word on Financial Models; 3.1.1 The Financial Model Itself; 3.1.2 The Calibration of the Model; 3.1.3 Mindfulness about Models; 3.2 Statistical Correlation Measures; 3.2.1 The Pearson Correlation Approach and Its Limitations for Finance; 3.2.2 Spearman's Rank Correlation; 3.2.3 Kendall's T; 3.3 Should We Apply Spearman's Rank Correlation and Kendall's T in Finance?; 3.4 Summary; Practice Questions and Problems; References and Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 4: Financial Correlation Modeling-Bottom-Up Approaches4.1 Correlating Brownian Motions (Heston 1993); 4.1.1 Applications of the Heston Model; 4.2 The Binomial CorrelationMeasure; 4.2.1 Application of the Binomial Correlation Measure; 4.3 Copula Correlations; 4.3.1 The Gaussian Copula; 4.3.2 Simulating the Correlated Default Time for Multiple Assets; 4.3.3 Finding the Correlated Default Time in a Continuous Time Framework Using Survival Probabilities; 4.3.4 Copula Applications; 4.3.5 Limitations of the Gaussian Copula; 4.4 Contagion Correlation Models; 4.5 Summary