Roy M. Cheruvelil
Roy M. Cheruvelil serves as the Assistant Director for Clearing Agency Risk Supervision in the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Roy previously served in the Division of Trading and Markets as Branch Chief for Clearing Agency Risk Modeling and as Financial Economist, beginning in 2012. Prior to joining the Commission, Roy served as an Economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the Division of Market Oversight and also at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the Office of Energy Market Regulation. Roy began his career in the hedge fund industry. Roy holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University and an MA in Economics from Georgetown University where he was also a doctoral candidate.
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Articles by Roy M. Cheruvelil
Correlation breakdowns, spread positions and central counterparty margin models
The authors investigate correlation behavior during adverse market conditions and the potential impact on CCP margins, finding that such breakdowns appear to be more common than expected.
Alternative margin models for mortgage-backed securities
The authors investigate mortgage-backed securities, applying margin frameworks often used on other asset classes to MBSs which could be uses as a supplemental model framework.
Study of correlation impact on credit default swap margin using a GARCH–DCC-copula framework
In this paper, the authors establish generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity–dynamic conditional correlation (GARCH–DCC) and constant conditional correlation (CCC) copula model frameworks to study time-varying correlation among credit…