The credit quality of an entity is essential information that reflects that entity’s financial health and its ability to meet debt obligations. Credit quality can be expressed as a credit score, but ...

In light of the interest-rate-risk-driven failure of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, 2023, we've added a chart showing how interest rate mismatching increases default risk. The calculation applies to ...

Learn how to accurately quantify credit risk with key measures such as probability of default, loss given default, and exposure at default for informed lending.

The assessment of default risk is also critical in the valuation of corporate bonds and credit derivatives such as basket-default swaps. There is an important distinction between default risk under ...

Kamakura’s approach to credit risk centres around innovative data analysis. This, and the wealth of data at its disposal, offers more accurate default probability reports and fiscal predictions ...

This article was written by Jerome Barkate, Nakul Nair, Zane Van Dusen, and Scott Coulter. We are witnessing a remarkable period in the credit markets. Following years of accommodative monetary ...

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