Heterogeneous credit portfolios and the dynamics of the aggregate losses

We study the impact of contagion in a network of firms facing credit risk. We describe an intensity based model where the homogeneity assumption is broken by introducing a random environment that makes it possible to take into account the idiosyncratic characteristics of the firms. We shall see that our model goes behind the identification of groups of firms that can be considered basically exchangeable. Despite this heterogeneity assumption our model has the advantage of being totally tractable. The aim is to quantify the losses that a bank may suffer in a large credit portfolio. Relying on a large deviation principle on the trajectory space of the process, we state a suitable law of large numbers and a central limit theorem useful for studying large portfolio losses. Simulation results are provided as well as applications to portfolio loss distribution analysis.     

基于综合风险收益的贷款组合优化决策

商业银行货款组合决策的过程,是遵循“效益性、安全性、流动性”的原则,在综合考虑贷款收益和风险的前提下,从众多的贷款对象中选择一组合适的贷款对象的过程。建立综合考虑贷款收益和风险的贷款决策模型,有利于银行通过量化计算进行科学决策,以提高信贷质量,达到商业银行的经营目标。     

供应链上两类不同信用风险的关联及传染效应研究

在一个典型的存在资金约束的二级供应链上,通常存在两类不同的信用风险:一是供应商向银行信用贷款所形成的信贷信用风险;二是供应商为零售商提供商业信用而形成的商业信用风险。本文针对上述两类不同信用风险之间的关联性及传染问题展开研究,揭示了两类风险之间的传染机理,度量了风险的传染强度,并分析了传染强度的影响因素。研究表明:两类不同信用风险之间的关联性,导致供应链上存在由非同类信用风险构成的关联信用风险(Different types of associated credit risk),本文简称为供应链上的D类关联信用风险。结合数值分析发现:D类关联信用风险的传染强度与供应商的生产成本及无风险利率正相关,而与商品的市场价格负相关。特别地,当市场需求服从指数分布时,关联信用风险的传染强度与商业信用成本和零售商的特质有关,供应商通过调整商业信用成本和选择零售商类型可以降低D类关联信用风险的传染强度,进而降低自身的银行信贷风险。本文将同类型信用风险之间的关联和传染问题引申到不同类型的信用风险之间,进一步深化和拓展了关联信用风险的内涵。     

基于模糊子集的贷款组合优化方法

遵照国际银行业大多数银行的做法,信用风险评估包括对债务人和债项两个方面.以模糊集理论为基础,通过试算与比较,构造隶属函数,对各指标进行无量纲化处理,建立距离判别函数,评估债务人信用风险.根据债项特征,考察风险四因素:违约概率,特定违约损失,违约敞口,期限,建立0-1整数规划模型,对债项进行风险评估,确定最佳贷款组合,以解决组合贷款的优化决策问题.     

A reduced-form model with default intensities containing contagion and regime-switching Vasicek processes

The contagion credit risk model is used to describe the contagion effect among different financial institutions. Under such a model, the default intensities are driven not only by the common risk factors, but also by the defaults of other considered firms. In this paper, we consider a two-dimensional credit risk model with contagion and regime-switching. We assume that the default intensity of one firm will jump when the other firm defaults and that the intensity is controlled by a Vasicek model with the coefficients allowed to switch in different regimes before the default of other firm. By changing measure, we derive the marginal distributions and the joint distribution for default times. We obtain some closed form results for pricing the fair spreads of the first and the second to default credit default swaps (CDSs). Numerical results are presented to show the impacts of the model parameters on the fair spreads.     

Credit risk assessment using a multicriteria hierarchical discrimination approach: A comparative analysis

Corporate credit risk assessment decisions involve two major issues: the determination of the probability of default and the estimation of potential future benefits and losses for credit granting. The former issue is addressed by classifying the firms seeking credit into homogeneous groups representing different levels of credit risk. Classification/discrimination procedures commonly employed for such purposes include statistical and econometric techniques. This paper explores the performance of the M.H.DIS method (Multi-group Hierarchical DIScrimination), an alternative approach that originates from multicriteria decision aid (MCDA). The method is used to develop a credit risk assessment model using a large sample of firms derived from the loan portfolio of a leading Greek commercial bank. A total of 1411 firms are considered in both training and holdout samples using financial information through the period 1994–1997. A comparison with discriminant analysis (DA), logit analysis (LA) and probit analysis (PA) is also conducted to investigate the relative performance of the M.H.DIS method as opposed to traditional tools used for credit risk assessment.     

信用风险相关性度量的MRS Copula模型构建及实证研究

在构建行业信用风险指数的基础上,将马尔科夫机制转换引入到信用风险相关性的度量中,建立了信用风险相关性度量的MRS Copula模型。以1990-2012年电力、煤气及水的生产和供应业,批发、零售、贸易业,石油、化学、塑胶、塑料业和信息技术业为样本的实证研究表明,行业信用风险相关性表现出较为明显的机制转换特征和非对称效应,在高风险状态,信用风险相关系数达到了0.7以上,而在低风险状态,信用风险相关系数在0.2以下.同时,信用风险"一损俱损"的特征比较明显,行业信用风险的下尾相关系数较为显著,而上尾相关系数则并不显著.商业银行可据此调整信贷资产结构,防范信用风险传染,以及优化信贷组合管理.     

Dynamic Hedging of Portfolio Credit Risk in a Markov Copula Model

We devise a bottom-up dynamic model of portfolio credit risk where instantaneous contagion is represented by the possibility of simultaneous defaults. Due to a Markovian copula nature of the model, calibration of marginals and dependence parameters can be performed separately using a two-step procedure, much like in a standard static copula setup. In this sense this solves the bottom-up top-down puzzle which the CDO industry had been trying to do for a long time. This model can be used for any dynamic portfolio credit risk issue, such as dynamic hedging of CDOs by CDSs, or CVA computations on credit portfolios.     

The loss given default of a low-default portfolio with weak contagion

In this paper we study the loss given default (LGD) of a low default portfolio (LDP), assuming that there is weak credit contagion among the obligors. We characterize the credit contagion by a Sarmanov dependence structure of the risk factors that drive the obligors’ default, where the risk factors are assumed to be heavy tailed. From a new perspective of asymptotic analysis, we derive a limiting distribution for the LGD. As a consequence, an approximation for the entire distribution, in contrast to just the tail behavior, of the LGD is obtained. We show numerical examples to demonstrate the limiting distribution. We also discuss possible applications of the limiting distribution to the calculation of moments and the Value at Risk (VaR) of the LGD.     

Selecting an optimal portfolio of consumer loans by applying the state preference approach

Internal models like CreditMetrics and KMV, implemented by banks to manage credit risk and assess regulatory capital, are significant examples of how practitioners apply modern portfolio theory (MPT) to the management of bank loan-portfolios.From a theoretical perspective there are several reasons suggesting to be careful in extending MPT to the case of bank loan-portfolios selection in order to avoid misleading results. Specifically, loans' log-returns are non-normally distributed random variables, furthermore, decision-makers not necessarily perform a quadratic utility function. Because both of those reasons the traditional mean–variance approach is inadequate in building up optimal loan-portfolios. Such a conclusion is even more relevant if specific categories of loans are considered.In our paper we deal with the problem of selecting optimal portfolios of consumer-loans by developing a state preference model. It allows us not to explicitly consider the distributional properties of loans' log-returns. The model is a static one having the objective to select the loan-portfolio maximizing the expected utility of wealth allocated by the bank managers, subject to a number of constraints accounting for fundamental strategic choices implemented by the bank managers.Our results show that flexibility is the main characteristic of our model. In fact, adding constraints gives new optimal portfolios without reducing the expected utility of the decision maker. We will explain that such a result does not depend on constraints' misspecification but on the risk structure implied in the state preference approach.     

Effects of risk aversion and decision preference on equilibriums in supply chain finance incorporating bank credit with credit guarantee

We constructed a Stackelberg game in a supply chain finance (SCF) system including a manufacturer, a capital‐constrained retailer, and a bank that provides loans on the basis of the manufacturer's credit guarantee. To emphasize the financial service providers' risks, we assumed that both the bank and the manufacturer are risk‐averse and formulated trade‐off objective functions for both of them as the convex combination of the expected profit and conditional value‐at‐risk. To explore the effects of the risk preferences and decision preferences on SCF equilibriums, we mathematically analyzed the optimal order quantities, wholesale prices, and interest rates under different risk preference scenarios and performed numerical analyses to quantify the effects. We found that incorporating bank credit with a credit guarantee can effectively balance the retailer's financing risk between the bank and the manufacturer through interest rate charging and wholesale pricing. Moreover, SCF equilibriums with risk aversion are highly affected by the degree of both the lender's and guarantor's risk tolerance in regard to the borrower's default probability and will be more conservative than those in the risk‐neutral cases that only maximize expected profit.     

资金约束下基于CVaR的供应链协调性研究与融资策略选择

在零售商的资金约束下,供应商愿意提供贸易信用融资或者信用担保下的银行贷款。在考虑双方均为风险规避型的情况下采用CVaR风险度量方法建立了双方以及供应链的风险收益值模型,给出了两种融资模式下的供应链协调条件,最优订货量以及批发价格,并且研究了银行贷款利率对供应链协调以及供应商融资方式选择的影响。结果表明实现供应链协调的条件取决于生产成本、银行利率以及双方的风险规避程度,不同的银行利率会导致实现供应链协调的条件不同,供应商将根据双方风险规避程度选择提供给零售商的融资方式。     

Tail behaviour of credit loss distributions for general latent factor models

Using a limiting approach to portfolio credit risk, we obtain analytic expressions for the tail behavior of credit losses. To capture the co‐movements in defaults over time, we assume that defaults are triggered by a general, possibly non‐linear, factor model involving both systematic and idiosyncratic risk factors. The model encompasses default mechanisms in popular models of portfolio credit risk, such as CreditMetrics and CreditRisk⁺. We show how the tail characteristics of portfolio credit losses depend directly upon the factor model's functional form and the tail properties of the model's risk factors. In many cases the credit loss distribution has a polynomial (rather than exponential) tail. This feature is robust to changes in tail characteristics of the underlying risk factors. Finally, we show that the interaction between portfolio quality and credit loss tail behavior is strikingly different between the CreditMetrics and CreditRisk⁺ approach to modeling portfolio credit risk.     

On the parameterization of the CreditRisk model for estimating credit portfolio risk

The CreditRisk⁺ model is one of the industry standards for estimating the credit default risk for a portfolio of credit loans. The natural parameterization of this model requires the default probability to be apportioned using a number of (non-negative) factor loadings. However, in practice only default correlations are often available but not the factor loadings. In this paper we investigate how to deduce the factor loadings from a given set of default correlations. This is a novel approach and it requires the non-negative factorization of a positive semi-definite matrix which is by no means trivial. We also present a numerical optimization algorithm to achieve this.     

Empirically assessing and modeling spillover effects from operational risk events in the insurance industry

The aim of this paper is to propose the first mathematical model for spillover effects caused by operational losses and to calibrate it based on an extensive empirical study of spillover effects and their influencing factors in the US and European banking and insurance industry. Our event study shows significant spillover effects due to operational losses, whereby a higher number of firms faces contagion effects than competitive effects. A regression analysis further reveals that spillover effects are rather information-based than pure, as event and firm characteristics have a significant impact, specifically external fraud, the return on equity of the announcing firm and the similarity between the announcing and the non-announcing firm in terms of size. Based on the empirical findings, we fit a distribution and model spillover effects and underlying operational losses to assess respective risk measures by means of a simulation analysis. The results show that spillover risk can be considerable for non-announcing firms as well as from a portfolio view, which has important risk management implications.     

How to measure single-name credit risk concentrations

Credit risk concentration is one of the leading topics in modern finance, as the bank regulation has made increasing use of external and internal credit ratings. Concentration risk in credit portfolios comes into being through an uneven distribution of bank loans to individual borrowers (single-name concentration) or in a hierarchical dimension such as in industry and services sectors and geographical regions (sectorial concentration).     

考虑潜伏期的关联信用风险传染机理研究

关联信用风险及其传染是现代信用风险管理的热点和难点问题。本文基于复杂网络的平均场理论,运用传染病模型,来刻画关联主体网络中关联信用风险的传染机理;并引入潜伏主体及其潜伏期,分析了网络中关联信用风险的传染过程;进一步,在关联主体BA无标度网络中,探讨了关联信用风险特征对传染过程中稳定状态的影响。研究结果表明:潜伏主体的平均潜伏期、感染主体的传染率和恢复率及传染力、信用主体的新生率和死亡率,均会影响关联信用风险传染阈值和稳定状态时感染主体密度。     

考虑个体保护意识的关联信用风险传染机理研究

针对关联信用风险及其传染这一热点和难点问题,本文基于复杂网络异质平均场理论,运用风险传播动力学SIR经典模型,探讨风险信息促成的个体保护意识对关联信用风险传染的影响机理,并在BA无标度网络中进行数值仿真分析。研究结果表明:被感染个体数量、个体反应强度、有保护意识的易感个体比例与关联信用风险传染阈值正相关;考虑个体保护意识、增强易感个体反应强度以及提高有保护意识的易感个体比例能够有效抑制关联信用风险的传染速度和传染规模,并且能够延缓关联信用风险高峰期的到来。     

What is the impact of stock market contagion on an investor’s portfolio choice?

Stocks are exposed to the risk of sudden downward jumps. Additionally, a crash in one stock (or index) can increase the risk of crashes in other stocks (or indices). Our paper explicitly takes this contagion risk into account and studies its impact on the portfolio decision of a CRRA investor both in complete and in incomplete market settings. We find that the investor significantly adjusts his portfolio when contagion is more likely to occur. Capturing the time dimension of contagion, i.e. the time span between jumps in two stocks or stock indices, is thus of first-order importance when analyzing portfolio decisions. Investors ignoring contagion completely or accounting for contagion while ignoring its time dimension suffer large and economically significant utility losses. These losses are larger in complete than in incomplete markets, and the investor might be better off if he does not trade derivatives. Furthermore, we emphasize that the risk of contagion has a crucial impact on investors’ security demands, since it reduces their ability to diversify their portfolios.