Stress Testing: Approaches, Methods and Applications

265 Pages·2013·3.429 MB·English

by  Akhtar Siddique, Iftekhar Hasan, Akhtar Siddique, Iftekhar Hasan

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Stress Testing: Approaches,
Methods and Applications
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Stress Testing: Approaches,
Methods and Applications
Edited by Akhtar Siddique and Iftekhar Hasan
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Contents
Acknowledgements from the Editors vii
Foreword xi
About the Editors xv
About the Authors xvii
Introduction xxv
Akhtar Siddique; Iftekhar Hasan
Office of the Comptroller of Currency; Fordham University
1 Governance over Stress Testing 1
David E. Palmer
Federal Reserve Board
2 Stress Testing and Other Risk-Management Tools 15
Akhtar Siddique; Iftekhar Hasan
Office of the Comptroller of Currency; Fordham University
3 Stress Testing for Market Risk 25
Dilip K. Patro, Akhtar Siddique; Xian Sun
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Johns Hopkins University
4 The Evolution of Stress Testing Counterparty Exposures 37
David Lynch
Federal Reserve Board
5 Operational Risk: An Overview of Stress-Testing Methodologies 57
Brian Clark; Bakhodir Ergashev
Office of the Comptroller of Currency; Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
6 Stress Testing of Bank Loan Portfolios as a Diagnostic Tool 71
Paul Calem, Arden Hall
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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StreSS teSting: ApproAcheS, MethodS And ApplicAtionS
7 Stress-Test Modelling for Loan Losses and Reserves 89
Michael Carhill, Jonathan Jones
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
8 A Framework for Stress Testing Banks’ Corporate Credit Portfolio 109
Olivier de Bandt, Nicolas Dumontaux, Vincent Martin, Denys Médée
Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel (French Prudential Supervision Authority)
9 EU-Wide Stress Test: The Experience of the EBA 127
Paolo Bisio, Demelza Jurcevic and Mario Quagliariello
European Banking Authority
10 Stress Testing Across International Exposures and Activities 143
Robert Scavotto, Robert H. Skinkle
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
11 Liquidity Risk: The Case of the Brazilian Banking System 161
Benjamin M. Tabak, Solange M. Guerra, Sergio R. S. Souza,
Rodrigo C. C. Miranda
Banco Central do Brasil
12 Determining the Severity of Macroeconomic Stress Scenarios 193
Kapo Yuen
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Index 225
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Acknowledgements from the Editors
We would like to acknowledge advice from and discussions with
colleagues in various settings. Akhtar would like to acknowledge
discussions with colleagues from the OCC, Federal Reserve Banks
and the FDIC during examinations as well as in policy settings. En-
couragement from Mark Levonian and Mike Carhill are particu-
larly acknowledged. We would also like to thank Clayton Lamar
for research assistance and help.
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To the people in our lives. For Akhtar, the children in his life, Ayaan, Aahil and his
nieces Babu and Putul but above all, his parents, wife: Deepa, sister: Moon, and
his in-laws. For Iftekhar, his parents, parents in-law, siblings, nephews, nieces,
and his spouse.
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