David Li
David Li is a Senior Economist for Clearing Agency Risk Supervision in the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining the Commission, David primarily worked at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in various roles including as a Senior Risk Manager, Senior Financial Engineering Manager and Director of Enterprise Risk Management in the areas of quantitative analysis, portfolio analytics, new product risk assessment, model development, and performance testing. In addition to holding an MBA in Finance from Johns Hopkins University, David also possesses graduate degrees in Physics and Computer Science from New York University where he was also a PhD candidate.
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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…