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    EC and regulatory capital

    Dear David, I have some confusion in regard to EC and regulatory capital. Can you help me out? a) extract from "Best summary yet of operational risk under Basel II" (http://www.bionicturtle.com/learn/article/best_summary_yet_of_operational_risk_under_basel_ii/) •...
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    Advanced Measurement Approach

    Dear David, Can you kindly explain what role does "Factors reflecting the business environment" play in Advanced Measurement Approach for operational risk? Thanks. Cheers! Liming 04/10/2009
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    question on Basel II: Scope and capital definition

    Dear David, Thank you for your 49(xiv) from Basel, which is very helpful! Just to double check abut the last point which concerns the lock-in clause. Does it mean that a bank can postpone its interest or principal payment if such payment may impair the capital status of the...
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    CAPITAL ADEQUACY

    Dear David, The capital adequacy ratio in the example above should be 20/(100*20%*8%) = 1250%, right? thanks. Cheers! Liming 03/10/09
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    question on Basel II: Scope and capital definition

    Dear David, In reference to above title from page http://www.bionicturtle.com/learn/article/basel_ii_scope_and_capital_definition/ Can you please explain why some hybrid debt securities and short-term subordinated debt securities can be counted as eligible capital...
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    Question on Value at Risk (VaR). 2007 FRM, Part 7: Cash Flow at Risk (

    Dear David, I have two questions after reading the above-mentioned page (http://www.bionicturtle.com/learn/article/value_at_risk_var_2007_frm_part_7_cash_flow_at_risk_cfar/) please kindly correct me if I am wrong: 1) When you say...
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    question on CreditMetrics: first building block – 10 min briefcast

    Hi, sorry I recall the first part 1) in my previous post. I now understand the transpose. Please ignore my question numbered "1)". thanks Liming
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    question on CreditMetrics: first building block – 10 min briefcast

    Dear David, After I watched your video on "CreditMetrics: first building block – 10 min briefcast" (http://www.bionicturtle.com/learn/article/creditmetrics_mapping_transition_probabilities_to_random_normal_variables_1/), I have understood the essence of the creditmetrics...
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    FRA mapping

    Dear David, Thank you for your detailed answer concerning the FRA replication ! So for seller of FRA, is my following thought correct? Conversely for seller of 3x6 FRA, he/she is borrowing 100 for 3 months and invests the proceeds for 6 months. The reason for...
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    FRA mapping

    Dear David, I would really appreciate it if you can help me out with the following topic: In your 2009 study notes on financial products, you mentioned that a FRA position can be decomposed into 1) Long 6 month bill 2) Short 12-month bill; I've been thing hard about this but...
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    Volatility in GBM

    Dear David, Please allow me to ask you a quite basic question about the “constant volatility” in the GBM and question 4e on pagehttp://forum.bionicturtle.com/viewthread/1146/. “4e. Is it homoskedastic?Yes, the volatility (sigma) is constant; this is a distinct...
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    Is Delta-Gamma valuation a Local-valuation method?

    Dear David, Is Delta-Gamma valuation a Local-valuation method? I think it is definitely not a full valuation as it doesn't involve full repricing of portfolio in question. So to me, it seems to be a local valuation, just like delta-normal, with the exception of the added...
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    Covariance Matrix

    Dear David, I have a question about the covariance matrix concept presented in page http://www.bionicturtle.com/learn/article/covariance_matrix_65_minutes_frm_quant_video/ . To me, it seems that it has stopped abruptly in the "V" matrix , leaving unsolved the final calculation of...
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    Mean Reversion

    Dear David, Thanks for your answer and your positive opinion of my study. :) However, I'm feeling that the more I study, the more there is for me to study. :coolsmile: :coolsmile: Can I just confirm with you about the following point, which I guess is the...
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    Mean Reversion

    Dear David, How are you? May I have your explanation on the following points? I don't understand the necessary link between having a negative correlation and having mean reversion. When I am looking at the auto regressive functions such as GARCH(1,1) and the generic...
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    UL of a single credit

    Dear David, Can you please kindly explain the formula of UL for a single credit, which you used in the spreadsheet "2008 CREDIT: Portfolio EL & UL (Ong Ch 6)" on page http://www.bionicturtle.com/premium/spreadsheet/2008_credit_portfolio_el_ul_ong_ch_6/ ...
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    Pairwise correlation for credit portfolio

    Dear David, There’s something from your note (on page http://www.bionicturtle.com/learn/article/unexpected_loss_ul_for_a_portfolio_of_credit_assets_9_min_briefing/) that I would like to clarify with you, when you mentioned that “My example here (from Ong Table 6.2) only requires a...
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    Trading Cheap or Expensive of Implied Volatility

    Dear David, I am confused after studying your spreadsheet (http://www.bionicturtle.com/premium/spreadsheet/4.b.8_implied_volatility/). I would appreciate it if you could kindly elaborate on how to determine whether a volatility or implied volatility is trading cheap or expensive...
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    option-adjusted spread for mortgage back securities

    Dear David, I need to bother you again with another question that has been puzzling me for long. :) This is about the option-adjusted spread for mortgage back securities. According to page 181 of FRM handbook 5th edition, ‘... OAS = Static spread - Option cost. During...
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    Duration of inverse floater

    Dear David, Thank you for your reply. Sorry I need to bother you again with another question that has been puzzling me for long. This is about the option-adjusted spread for mortgage back securities. According to page 181 of FRM handbook 5th edition, '... OAS = Static...
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