| Risk Management in Credit Portfolios | 3 |
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| Foreword | 5 |
| Preface | 7 |
| Contents | 9 |
| List of Figures | 13 |
| List of Tables | 15 |
| Abbreviations | 17 |
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 21 |
| 1.1 Problem Definition and Objectives of This Work | 21 |
| 1.2 Course of Investigation | 22 |
| Chapter 2: Credit Risk Measurement in the Context of Basel II | 25 |
| 2.1 Banking Supervision and Basel II | 25 |
| 2.2 Measures of Risk in Credit Portfolios | 28 |
| 2.2.1 Risk Parameters and Expected Loss | 28 |
| 2.2.2 Value at Risk, Tail Conditional Expectation, and Expected Shortfall | 31 |
| 2.2.3 Coherency of Risk Measures | 36 |
| 2.2.4 Estimation and Statistical Errors of VaR and ES | 42 |
| 2.3 The Unconditional Probability of Default Within the Asset Value Model of Merton | 45 |
| 2.4 The Conditional Probability of Default Within the One-Factor Model of Vasicek | 48 |
| 2.5 Measuring Credit Risk in Homogeneous Portfolios with the Vasicek Model | 51 |
| 2.6 Measuring Credit Risk in Heterogeneous Portfolios with the ASRF Model of Gordy | 55 |
| 2.7 Measuring Credit Risk Within the IRB Approach of Basel II | 59 |
| 2.8 Appendix | 63 |
| 2.8.1 Alternative Representation of the ES as an Indicator Function | 63 |
| 2.8.2 Application of Itô´s Lemma | 64 |
| 2.8.3 Application of Bayes´ Theorem for Continuous Distributions | 65 |
| 2.8.4 Limit Distribution and Probability Density Function in the Vasicek Model | 66 |
| 2.8.5 VaR and ES of the Limit Distribution in the Vasicek Model | 68 |
| 2.8.6 Alternative Representation of the Bivariate Normal Distribution | 69 |
| 2.8.7 Application of the Strong Law of Large Numbers | 70 |
| 2.8.8 Application of Kronecker´s Lemma | 72 |
| 2.8.9 Identity of the VaR in the ASRF Model | 73 |
| 2.8.10 Identity of the ES in the ASRF Model | 74 |
| Chapter 3: Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios and Its Treatment Under Basel II | 77 |
| 3.1 Types of Concentration Risk | 77 |
| 3.2 Incurrence and Relevance of Concentration Risk | 79 |
| 3.3 Measurement and Management of Concentration Risk | 82 |
| 3.4 Heuristic Approaches for the Measurement of Concentration Risk | 87 |
| 3.5 Review of the Literature on Model-Based Approaches of Concentration Risk Measurement | 90 |
| Chapter 4: Model-Based Measurement of Name Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios | 93 |
| 4.1 Fundamentals and Research Questions on Name Concentration Risk | 93 |
| 4.2 Measurement of Name Concentration Using the Risk Measure Value at Risk | 95 |
| 4.2.1 Considering Name Concentration with the Granularity Adjustment | 95 |
| 4.2.1.1 First-Order Granularity Adjustment for One-Factor Models | 95 |
| 4.2.1.2 First-Order Granularity Adjustment for the Vasicek Model | 100 |
| 4.2.1.3 Second-Order Granularity Adjustment for One-Factor Models | 102 |
| 4.2.1.4 Second-Order Granularity Adjustment for the Vasicek Model | 105 |
| 4.2.2 Numerical Analysis of the VaR-Based Granularity Adjustment | 107 |
| 4.2.2.1 Impact on the Portfolio-Quantile | 107 |
| 4.2.2.2 Size of Fine Grained Risk Buckets | 110 |
| 4.2.2.3 Probing First-Order Granularity Adjustment | 114 |
| 4.2.2.4 Probing Second-Order Granularity Adjustment | 118 |
| 4.2.2.5 Probing Granularity for Inhomogeneous Portfolios | 121 |
| 4.3 Measurement of Name Concentration Using the Risk Measure Expected Shortfall | 123 |
| 4.3.1 Adjusting for Coherency by Parameterization of the Confidence Level | 123 |
| 4.3.2 Considering Name Concentration with the Granularity Adjustment | 128 |
| 4.3.2.1 First-Order Granularity Adjustment for One-Factor Models | 128 |
| 4.3.2.2 First-Order Granularity Adjustment for the Vasicek Model | 131 |
| 4.3.2.3 Second-Order Granularity Adjustment for One-Factor Models | 132 |
| 4.3.2.4 Second-Order Granularity Adjustment for the Vasicek Model | 133 |
| 4.3.3 Moment Matching Procedure for Stochastic LGDs | 134 |
| 4.3.4 Numerical Analysis of the ES-Based Granularity Adjustment | 141 |
| 4.3.4.1 Impact on the Portfolio-Quantile | 141 |
| 4.3.4.2 Size of Fine Grained Risk Buckets | 143 |
| 4.3.4.3 Probing First-Order Granularity Adjustment | 146 |
| 4.3.4.4 Probing Second-Order Granularity Adjustment | 150 |
| 4.3.4.5 Probing Granularity for Inhomogeneous Portfolios | 153 |
| 4.4 Interim Result | 154 |
| 4.5 Appendix | 156 |
| 4.5.1 Alternative Derivation of the First-Order Granularity Adjustment | 156 |
| 4.5.2 First and Second Derivative of VaR | 163 |
| 4.5.2.1 First Derivative | 164 |
| 4.5.2.2 Second Derivative | 165 |
| 4.5.3 Probability Density Function of Transformed Random Variables | 167 |
| 4.5.4 VaR-Based First-Order Granularity Adjustment for a Normally Distributed Systematic Factor | 168 |
| 4.5.5 VaR-Based First-Order Granularity Adjustment for Homogeneous Portfolios | 169 |
| 4.5.6 Arbitrary Derivatives of VaR | 170 |
| 4.5.6.1 Mathematical Basics | 170 |
| 4.5.6.1.1 Laplace Transform and Dirac´s Delta Function | 170 |
| 4.5.6.1.2 Laurent Series, Singularities, and Complex Residues | 171 |
| 4.5.6.1.3 Partitions | 173 |
| 4.5.6.2 Determination of the Derivatives | 173 |
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