Levy Processes in Credit Risk
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Beschreibung
This book is an introductory guide to using Lévy processes for credit risk modelling. It covers all types of credit derivatives: from the single name vanillas such as Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) right through to structured credit risk products such as Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs), Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurances (CPPIs) and Constant Proportion Debt Obligations (CPDOs) as well as new advanced rating models for Asset Backed Securities (ABSs).
Jumps and extreme events are crucial stylized features, essential in the modelling of the very volatile credit markets - the recent turmoil in the credit markets has once again illustrated the need for more refined models.
Readers will learn how the classical models (driven by Brownian motions and Black-Scholes settings) can be significantly improved by using the more flexible class of Lévy processes. By doing this, extreme event and jumps can be introduced into the models to give more reliable pricing and a better assessment of the risks.
The book brings in high-tech financial engineering models for the detailed modelling of credit risk instruments, setting up the theoretical framework behind the application of Lévy Processes to Credit Risk Modelling before moving on to the practical implementation. Complex credit derivatives structures such as CDOs, ABSs, CPPIs, CPDOs are analysed and illustrated with market data.
An introductory guide to using Levy processes for credit risk modeling
This introductory guide to Levy processes covers all types of credit derivatives, from the single-name vanilla derivatives to more complex structured credit risk products. It refines credit risk modeling with jump processes, a vital revision for today's tumultuous credit market. Readers will learn how the classical models can be improved with Levy processes. The book uses real market data to analyze and illustrate derivative structures and covers both the practical and theoretical underpinnings of Levy processes in credit risk modeling.
Wim Schoutens (Leuven, Belgium) is a Research Professor of Financial Engineering in the Department of Mathematics at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on Levy processes. Jessica Cariboni (Ispra, Italy) is a functionary at the European Commission and a researcher at the Institute for the Protection and Security of Citizens, where she specializes in applied statistics for antifraud.
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