Accelerated ensemble Monte Carlo simulation

Traditional vanilla methods of Monte Carlo simulation can be extremely time-consuming if accurate estimation of the loss distribution is required. Kevin Thompson and Alistair McLeod show that the ensemble Monte Carlo method, introduced here, significantly outperforms unbiased Monte Carlo simulation, in terms of both accuracy and speed

Accurate assessment of the portfolio loss distribution is of great practical importance in portfolio risk measurement, active portfolio management and structured credit trading. Whether it be in assessing the likelihood of unexpected portfolio losses, the determination of economic capital1 or the valuation of tranches of structured portfolios (for example, collateralised debt obligations), the accurate evaluation of the loss distribution is critical. However, because tail events are, by

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Credit risk & modelling – Special report 2021

This Risk special report provides an insight on the challenges facing banks in measuring and mitigating credit risk in the current environment, and the strategies they are deploying to adapt to a more stringent regulatory approach.

The wild world of credit models

The Covid-19 pandemic has induced a kind of schizophrenia in loan-loss models. When the pandemic hit, banks overprovisioned for credit losses on the assumption that the economy would head south. But when government stimulus packages put wads of cash in…

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