Managing Portfolio Credit Risk in Banks

This book explains how a proper credit risk management framework enables banks to identify, assess and manage the risk proactively.

Arindam Bandyopadhyay (Author)

9781107146471, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 May 2016

374 pages
23.6 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.62 kg

Credit risk is the risk resulting from the uncertainty that a borrower or a group of borrowers may be unwilling or unable to meet their contractual obligations as per the agreed terms. It is the largest element of risk faced by most banks and financial institutions. Potential losses due to high credit risk can threaten a bank's solvency. After the global financial crisis of 2008, the importance of adopting prudent risk management practices has increased manifold. This book attempts to demystify various standard mathematical and statistical techniques that can be applied to measuring and managing portfolio credit risk in the emerging market in India. It also provides deep insights into various nuances of credit risk management practices derived from the best practices adopted globally, with case studies and data from Indian banks.

Tables
figures
charts
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction to credit risk
2. Credit rating models
3. Approaches for measuring Probability of Default (PD)
4. Exposure at Default (EAD) and Loss Given Default (LGD)
5. Validation and stress testing of credit risk models
6. Portfolio assessment of credit risk: default correlation, asset correlation and loss estimation
7. Economic capital and RAROC
8. Basel II IRB approach of measuring credit risk regulatory capital
Index.

Subject Areas: Credit & credit institutions [KFFL], Banking [KFFK]