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I could not find any such detailed documentation after some weeks of looking (not non-stop obviously). It is appallingly documented. I do understand fully what it does though so am happy to field some questions on it if you like. In a nutshell, I can tell you it is a standard reduced-form credit model under a constant hazard rate (i.e. homogeneous Poisson ...

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This is, of course, a very old play. The main thing that gets in the way of trading it is that puts are rarely available in a quantity that matches typical credit instrument notionals. Here's a decent paper by Peter Carr on the topic, see equation (4) and surrounding.

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CDX is available from Bloomberg at no extra cost, though they do not (so far as I know) form a total-return series that takes rolls into account. See, for example, CDX HY CDSI S19 5Y PRC Corp or Bloomberg ID CXPHY519.

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Most, but far from all, companies maintain a relatively steady debt load. When a bond matures, they fund its principal payout with a new bond. Sometimes companies do take on more and more debt, meaning that CDS protection sold during earlier times of small debt loads becomes more valuable (and underpriced, from the point of view of the protection seller). ...

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The rules relating to mark-to-market accounting have always been, in my opinion, ridiculous. Citigroup have to mark their liabilities to a fair value, and in this case, where it is their own debt, part of the pricing require that they consider the potential of their own default. The more likely it becomes, that the bank defaults the less the banks swaps is ...

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As I see it, the term $\Pi_B(t, T)$ is the value of the derivatives already owned by the bank. So, it's not some price they need to pay but an asset on the balance sheet. This increase in asset value leads to a profit. Balance sheet Example Imagine the balance sheet of OTC Subsidiary with rating A: Assets | Liabilities ...

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In this context, I believe carry refers to the sum of "pure" carry + roll down. Carry, in the most general sense, is the return of a position in a static world; i.e., assuming time is the only variable that is changing, what's your holding period return on a trade? When you buy a bond, the "total carry" is the sum of 1) "Pure" carry – you get interest ...

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I don't know a tutorial on the Internet but I have a book on the topic that I think you could be interested in: Counterparty Credit Risk and Credit Value Adjustment: A Continuing Challenge for Global Financial Markets The book is a non-mathematical introduction to counter-party credit risk. It introduces concepts such as wrong-way risk, netting, ...

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Micro finance did not work in certain parts of South Africa. That's not surprising. Neither this, nor anything else is a "panacea" (cure-all) for various financial problems. Micro finance apparently works in SOME parts of the world (India, Bangladesh, etc.), where the ethos and institutional framework make it viable. It may work better with women (who have ...

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let me try answer my own questions, partially, from below that are exerpted from FRM exam notes. So actually the K above, is UL, though it derives only from PD and maturity, but the G, N and 0.999, actually are calculating the VaR and UL. So, CAR is defined based on EAD and K, while K means UL. the essence is, CAR is to cover Unexpected Loss -- captical ...

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As others have noted, Markit is a great source for this. For CDX in particular, they publish on a daily basis their "Biggest Credit Movers" which includes CDX, iTraxx, iBoxx, Sovereign Credit improvement/deterioration, and Corporate credit improvement/deterioration. Here is a sample report, which you can also sign up to have emailed to you every day. Keep ...

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