The goal of the paper is the numerical analysis of the performance of Monte Carlo simulation based methods for the computation of credit-portfolio loss-distributions in the context of Markovian intensity models of credit risk. We concentrate on two of the most frequently touted methods of...

Frontmatter -- Advance Praise for Reverse Stress Testing in Banking -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Contents -- Part I: Fundamentals of Reverse Stress Testing -- 1 Reverse Stress Testing: A Versatile Thinking Tool -- 2 Reverse Stress Testing in Banks -- 3 Reverse Stress Testing: An Overview...

The 2007 subprime crisis has induced a persistent disconnection between the Libor derivative markets of different tenors and the OIS market. Commonly proposed explanations for the corresponding spreads are a combination of credit risk and liquidity risk. However in the literature the meaning of...