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In this paper, we launch a practical modus-operandi for the assessment of potential market risk exposures for financial trading portfolios by providing an investment management perspective from the 2007-2009 global financial crisis. This proposed tactic is based on the renowned concept of Liquidity-Adjusted Value-at-Risk (LVaR) along with the innovation of a risk-engine algorithm that can estimate LVaR for both long and short-sales positions.

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The advent of mandatory daily initial and variation margin requirements for non-cleared over-the-counter derivatives transactions has raised many questions regarding the methodology which should be used for computing these margin requirements. Regulatory guidelines require initial margin levels for non-cleared contracts to cover a 99% loss quantile of the netting set over a horizon of 10 days, as opposed to 3 to 5 days for cleared OTC contracts. We discuss the rationale behind this and other features of the proposed framework for bilateral margin requirements and advocate an approach which better reflects the actual exposure during closeout in case of the default of a counter party. We argue that the liquidation horizon should depend on the size of the position relative to the market depth of the asset. This may be achieved by specifying a minimum liquidation horizon for each asset class, associated with an asset-specific size threshold, and scaling the liquidation horizon linearly with position size beyond this threshold. Adopting such a size-dependent liquidation horizon leads to a liquidity-sensitive initial margin, which penalizes large concentrated positions without requiring any ‘liquidity add-on’. We also argue that the IM calculation needs to account for the fact that market participants hedge their exposures to the defaulted counter party once default has been confirmed. As a result, IM should not be based on the exposure of initial position over the entire liquidation horizon but on the exposure over the initial period required to set up the hedge, plus the exposure to the hedged position over the remainder of the liquidation horizon. Based on these remarks, we propose a “four-step approach” for the calculation of IM for over-the-counter derivatives transactions. We argue that this approach yields a more realistic assessment of closeout risk for non-cleared transactions and leads to an outcome which is in general quite different from the risk exposure of the netting set over the liquidation horizon.

Near-the-money options experience a rapid decline in time value over the weeks leading up to the expiry date. A possible strategy to alleviate the impact of the time decay effect is to unwind the hedge prior to expiry. However, appreciable time value is present for a reason: it is an indication that the final expiry value the option is uncertain and that there is a chance that the option could increase further in value. In this work, historical data is examined in order to determine whether or not a South African equity index exhibits any abnormal behaviour prior to expiry that would affect one’s view on the likelihood of a hedge expiring in-the-money. We present the results of analyses for two types of expiry-related effect in the local market, namely abnormal returns for periods immediately prior to expiry and price clustering where the underlying exhibits a higher probability of closing near a strike price on an expiry date. We also discuss the historical performance of a strategy aimed at reducing exposure to time decay in a systematic manner in which a derivative strategy is rolled well before the expiry date. It is shown that for the period analysed, an investor who wished to roll a hedge every 3 months achieved an appreciable increase in realised return for a moderate increase in risk by rolling a longer term option every 3 months compared to holding a 3 month option for the full term.

We consider a non-linear PDE that appears in a number of contexts including a one-way CSA, CVA with risky closeout, option pricing with differential borrowing and lending rates, accounting-consistent valuation, and constrained cash supply. We show that its solution is given as the minimum of solutions of certain related linear PDEs. An efficient numerical method in any number of dimensions that is based on our representation is presented.

When considering counterparty credit risk, it has become increasingly common in recent years for institutions to consider bilateral CVA which includes debt value adjustment (DVA) linked to their own default probability. However, the use of DVA is contentious as it is not obvious that an institution can monetise this “profit” prior to actually defaulting. Furthermore, the use of DVA also seems to require an understanding of the dependence between the default probability of the institution and their counterparty and introduces ambiguity over the correct choice of “closeout” assumptions. In this article, we analyse the complex interaction between CVA, DVA and closeout assumptions and consider if the relatively simple formulas used for bilateral CVA in the industry are reasonable.

In this paper we focus on a fundamental practical issue regarding the bilateral counterparty risk adjustment. The past literature assumes that, at the moment of the first default, a risk-free closeout amount will be used. The closeout amount is the net present value of the residual deal which is computed when one party defaults, and that is used for default settlement. A risk-free closeout amount assumes that the surviving counterparty is default-free. We argue that the legal (ISDA) documentation suggests in many points that a substitution closeout should be used. This would take into account the risk of default of the survived party. The bilateral counterparty risk adjustment changes strongly when a substitution closeout amount is considered, as we show. We believe financial practitioners should be aware of this. We also show the effects of the two different closeout conventions in terms of default contagion. If a substitution closeout will be used, as suggested in the ISDA documentation, there will be a lower recovery for creditors, an unpleasant fact that is particularly clear when the defaulted entity has high systemic relevance and therefore is highly correlated with its counterparties. On the other hand, if a risk-free closeout will be used, as suggested in the past literature, there will be at default unexpected losses that affect also the debtors of the defaulted entity, not only the creditors as usually expected. This additional contagion towards debtors is at odds with standard counterparty risk for bonds or loans, and will be stronger the higher is the credit risk of the debtors. These results should be considered carefully by the financial community. In the end, we analyze the effect of the two different closeouts for collateralized derivatives.