Stress testing for risk control under Basel II /

The Consultative paper issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel II) cites the failure of bankers to adequately stress test exposures as a major reason for bad loans. Sample quotes from this crucial document: * "Banks should take into consideration potential future changes in...

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Main Authors: Chorafas, Dimitris N
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Elsevier finance
Subjects:
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750683050
Summary: The Consultative paper issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel II) cites the failure of bankers to adequately stress test exposures as a major reason for bad loans. Sample quotes from this crucial document: * "Banks should take into consideration potential future changes in economic conditions when assessing individual credits and their credit portfolios, and should assess their credit risk exposures under stressful conditions." * "The recent disturbances in Asia and Russia illustrate how close linkages among emerging markets under stress conditions and previously undetec
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxiii, 330 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780750683050
0750683058
9780080467054
0080467059
Index Number: HD61
CLC: F830.9
Contents: Part One: Stress testing defined. The need for advanced testing methodology; Risk and its management; The dynamics of stress testing; Stress analysis and its tools; and the use of scenarios; Worse case scenarios and drills; Technology strategy for advanced testing; -- Part Two: Stress testing probability of default, loss given default and exposure of default. Models and procedures for the study of volatility patterns; Stress testing creditworthiness; Stress probability of default; Stress loss given default and stress exposure at default; Counterparty credit risk, transfer of credit risk and