This book criticizes the fact that profitability measures derived from capital market models such as the Sharpe ratio and the reward-to-VaR ratio are proposed for loan portfolios, although it is not proven whether their risk-return trade-offs are optimal for banks. The authors demonstrate that...

Credit Risk Measurement in the Context of Basel II -- Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios and Its Treatment Under Basel II -- Model-Based Measurement of Name Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios -- Model-Based Measurement of Sector Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios -- Conclusion

Due to their business activities, banks are exposed to many different risk types. Peter Grundke shows how various risk exposures can be aggregated to a comprehensive risk position. Furthermore, computational problems of determining a loss distribution that comprises various risk types are...

The risk of counterparty default in banking, insurance, institutional, and pension-fund portfolios is an area of ongoing and increasing importance for finance practitioners. It is, unfortunately, a topic with a high degree of technical complexity. Addressing this challenge, this book provides a...

This book introduces to basic and advanced methods for credit risk management. It covers classical debt instruments and modern financial markets products. The author describes not only standard rating and scoring methods like Classification Trees or Logistic Regression, but also less known...

Introduction to financial decision making -- An Overview of multiple criteria decision aid.- Banking management -- Credit Scoring -- Portfolio management.- Other applications of multi criteria analysis in finance -- Conclusions and future perspectives.

Begriffsdefinitionen und aufsichtsrechtliche Rahmenbedingungen als Determinanten des Kreditrisikomanagements deutscher Genossenschaftsbanken -- Instrumente und Methoden zur Gestaltung von Kreditportfolien deutscher Genossenschaftsbanken -- Explorative Hypothesengewinnung zur Darstellung der...

Für eine fundierte Anlageentscheidung ist die Messung und Beurteilung der erzielten Ergebnisse unabdingbar. Die Dimensionen Rendite und Risiko sind daher immer gemeinsam zu betrachten, um Fehlallokationen zu vermeiden. Jens Daum untersucht die zur Verfügung stehenden Instrumente der...

Applied Quantitative Finance presents solutions, theoretical developments and method proliferation for many practical problems in quantitative finance. The combination of practice and theory supported by computational tools is reflected in the selection of topics as well as in a finely tuned...