Our objective is to test-bed the new Expected Credit Loss (ECL) and Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) models for bank credit loss accounting to identify the potential consequences of their implementation. In particular, whether and how ECL and CECL approaches could lead to divergence in credit...

In the last two decades, both internal and external risk management of banks has undergone significant developments. Substantial investments into data collection have been made and this data is used for estimating internal credit risk models. The resulting risk parameters are required for...

This paper proposes an approach to decompose the RR/LGD model development process with two stages, specifically, for the RR/LGD rating model, and to calibrate the model using a linear form that minimizes residual risk. The residual risk in the recovery of defaulted debts is determined by the...

In the last two decades, both internal and external risk management of banks have undergone significant developments. Banking supervision encourages banks to use a risk-based approach for computing minimum regulatory capital. Accounting rules have been tightened requiring more timely loss...