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We examine the efficiency of hedging a credit derivative portfolio with a contrary position in a credit index in the …, the implied adjustments in capital charges could be reduced by the mentioned hedging strategy, and we show that there is … volatility are high. Increases in VIX, in the 10-year swap rate or in liquidity risk tend to decrease hedging efficiency …
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stage I subsume various models for optimal hedging under one general co-integrated model. In a worked example three models …
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the superior instrument regarding hedging systematic market component risk on single-name and portfolio level. Finally, an …
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-linked securities. It considers the trade-offs an insurer or reinsurer faces in selecting a hedging strategy. We compare index and … indemnity-based hedging as alternative design choices and ask which is capable of creating the greater value for shareholders … problem yields a conflict of interest between shareholders and other stakeholders. Given the fact that hedging may improve the …
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This study examines the conditional correlation and the resulting optimal hedge ratios between the Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads of the U.S. metal and mining industries, and the prices of copper, platinum, silver and gold using the daily date from December 14, 2007 to August 18, 2018. It...
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In this paper, using newly available CDS positions data compiled from DTCC and the supply chain hierarchical position obtained from networking methodology, we examine whether and how investors can use CDS contracts to manage the heightened operational risk due to upstream supply chain...
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Non-financial corporations typically cite risk management as the primary reason for their derivatives use. If hedging …
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Rating downgrades are known to make subsequent downgrades more likely. We analyze theimpact of this ‘downward momentum’ on credit portfolio risk. Using S&P ratings from 1996to 2005, we estimate a transition matrix that is insensitive to and a second matrix that is sensitiveto previous...
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In the work of the Basel Committee there has been a tradition ofdistinguishing market from credit risk and to treat both categories independentlyin the calculation of risk capital. In practice positionsin a portfolio depend simultaneously on both market and credit riskfactors. In this case, an...
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By using short-term direct finance firms of the highest credit quality exposethemselves to rollover risk in the public debt markets. Firms insure themselvesagainst this risk by securing backup lines of credit from banks that they mayuse should market liquidity dry up. In a first step, this paper...
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