The handbook of credit portfolio management

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    • Gregoriou, Greg N.
    • Hoppe, Christian

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The handbook of credit portfolio management

Greg N. Gregoriou, Christian Hoppe, editors

McGraw-Hill, c2009

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"McGraw-Hill finance & investing"--Bookjacket

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

As the credit bubble fallout plagues the institutional finance sector--and will continue to do so in coming years--a strategic approach to credit portfolio management has never been more critical. The Handbook of Credit Portfolio Management provides all the information you'll need to successfully rebalance and manage your credit portfolios. Together with co-author Christian Hoppe and a team of thirty-five international contributors, Greg N. Gregoriou provides strategies for calculating risk-weighted assets, reevaluating hedging strategies, and implementing Basel II standards. Providing a thoroughly global perspective of the subject, this comprehensive guide includes input from Moorad Choudhry (Group Head of Treasury at Europe Arab Bank plc, London); Christophe Godlewski (Universite Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France); Roland Fuss (University of Freiburg, Germany); and Valerio Poti (Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland), who shed light on such key topics as: Investment opportunities of hedge fundsBasis arbitrage trading strategiesIssues regarding securitization of a sector basket Cost-saving aspects of portfolio hedging with credit futures The Handbook of Credit Portfolio Management covers the latest developments and most current portfolio management techniques to help you implement strategies that best suit your institution's needs.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Performance Measurement 1 Implementing Credit Portfolio Management 2 Credit Portfolio Management under IFRS Accounting 3 Basel II Framework and the Impact of a New Regulatory Universe on Credit Asset Management 4 Basel II Expected Loss in Credit Risk Management 5 Credit Risk Capital Allocation and Performance Measurement Section Two: Evaluation of Credit Risk 6 Characteristics of Credit Assets and relevance for Credit Portfolio Management 7 Measuring Credit Risk with Emphasis on CDOs 8 Model for the Rating Transitions in a SME Bank Loan Portfolio 9 Cost-to-Securitize as a Transfer Pricing Instrument 10 Mark-to-Market Pricing of Illiquid Loans Section Three: Managing Credit Exposure 11 A New Age of Liquidity for Bank Debt: Reshaping Loan Portfolio Management 12 Bank Loan Syndication 13 CDS and other Credit Derivatives - Valuation and Application 14 Evaluation of Basket Credit Derivatives and STCDO Swaps 15 Classification and Characterization of CDS-Indices 16 Converting Derivatives Credit Risk Into Market RiskSection Four: Credit Portfolio Transactions 17 The Strategies of Hedge Funds in Fixed Income Markets 18 Trading CDS: Illustrating Positive and Negative Basis Arbitrage 19 Securitisation of Shipping Loans 20 Legal Issues in Securitizing Risky Loans 21 "How cheap is zero cost protection" 22 Managing Country Risk 23 The Role of Credit Banks in Corporate Workout-Management Index

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