1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamental Risk Factors of Financial Markets -- 3. Financial Instruments: A System of Derivatives and Underlyings -- 4. Overview of the Assumptions -- 5. Present Value Methods, Yields and Traditional Risk Measures -- 6. Arbitrage -- 7. The Black-Scholes Differential...

In this paper, we study the impact of extreme events on the loan portfolios of the Greek banking system. These portfolios are grouped into three separate groups based on the size of the bank to which they belong, in particular, large, medium, and small size. A series of extreme scenarios was...

The simultaneous activation of many sources of risk can slow bank operations and even lead to bankruptcy. Credit risk is the greatest threat to the orderly functioning of a bank. To protect against its materialization banks spend nearly 90% of their total capital requirement. Concentration of...