A credit analyst at an investment firm is estimating the 99% credit VaR of a 1-yearzero-coupon bond, the only debt issued by the firm. The analyst obtains relevantdata presented below:• Face value of the firm’s 1-year zero-coupon bond: CNY 630 million• The bond’s expected 1-year probability of default (PD): 6%• The bond’s 1-year recovery rate: 90%Assuming the variation of the future value of the bond is solely due to the possibilityof default, and the analyst’s estimate of the value of the bond in 1 year at the 99%confidence level is CNY 567 million, what is the bond’s implied 1-year 99% credit VaR?
A researcher at a national regulatory agency is examining the use of thestandardized ratings-based approach (SA) and the advanced internal ratingsbased(A-IRB) approach in determining credit risk capital. The researcherevaluates the implications of applying these approaches on two different banks,Global Bank and Resource Bank. Information about the credit exposures of the two banks is provided below:• Global Bank lends to large global corporations that have highly diversebusiness lines by providing sizable long-dated unsecured credit facilities.• Resource Bank lends to oil and gas producers in its region, most of which have small-scale operations.Which of the following is the most appropriate conclusion for the researcher to reach?
Which of the following statements concerning the calculation of value at a node in a fixed-income binomial interest rate tree is most accurate? The value at each node is the:
A portfolio manager at a US-based hedge fund has been searching for potentialreturn opportunities in the environment of declining global interest rates experiencedafter the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-2009. The manager identifies theexistence of a positive cross-currency basis between two currencies and notes thatthis positive basis has persisted since the GFC. What is the most appropriateexplanation for this persistence?