Counterparty Risk on Market Transactions

Fundamentals
  • Introduction to risk types
  • Review of the Value-at-Risk concept
  • Difference between market risk, credit risk and counterparty risk on market transactions
  • Various types of counterparty risk (credit risk, variation risk, settlement/delivery risk, issuer risk)
Measuring counterparty risk on market transactions
  • Definition of the different measures of variation risk
  • Factors for reducing variation risk (Netting, Collateral)
  • Quantification of variation risk
  • Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA)
  • Practical workshop
  • Calculating risk profiles on market instruments
Using variation risk within the bank
  • Operational aspects
  • Managing activities, counterparty and/or country limits
  • Economic capital, calculating the return on market transactions
  • Practical workshop
  • Calculating risk profiles on market instruments

  • Understand the specific nature and problems of different counterparty risks
  • Master techniques for valuing counterparty risk on market transactions used in risk management
  • Understand CVA
  • Master problems with the monitoring of counterparty risk on market transactions in terms of internal management and at a regulatory level (Basel II and III reforms)
  • Examination, critical analysis and practical application of all methods and models for valuing counterparty risks on market transactions
  • Issues considered in the context of Basel II and III reforms and their implications
  • Risk departments
  • Financial departments
  • Middle office
  • Traders, Fund managers
  • Inspection / Audit / Internal control
  • Financial engineers
  • Compliance departments
  • IT staff
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