- abrupt switches between high- and low-loss phases - from a risk-management perspective. As uncertainty about phase switches … increases, expected losses decouple from unexpected losses, which reflect a high percentile of the loss distribution. Banks that … ignore this decoupling have shortfalls of loss-absorbing resources, which is more detrimental if the portfolio is more …

The Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) framework represents a new approach for calculating the allowance for credit …, a key implementation element. Our analysis focuses on three major themes: defaults, balances, and credit loss. Our …

The Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) framework represents a new approach for calculating the allowance for credit …, a key implementation element. Our analysis focuses on three major themes: defaults, balances, and credit loss. Our …

regardless of the size of potential losses. We allow for a range of confidence levels that depend on the loss magnitude. The key … ingredient is a benchmark loss distribution (BLD), i.e.~a function that associates to each potential loss a maximal acceptable … probability of occurrence. The corresponding risk measure, called Loss VaR (LVaR), determines the minimal capital injection that …