Department of Statistics Seminar
North Carolina State University

presents

Peter Bloomfield

North Carolina State University

"Credit Risk in Financial Derivatives"

ABSTRACT

An over-the-counter financial derivative transaction is a two-party contract which may have a lifetime of several years. Such an agreement has the potential to expose each party to the risk of default by the other. Measuring and managing this risk may be critical to the survival of the parties. One important tool in managing risk is the pledging of collateral from one party to the other. Another is the credit-enhanced derivatives intermediary, which also typically depends on the use of collateral. Developing rules for adequate levels of collateral and strategies to minimize its cost is therefore a critical need; statistical analysis and reasoning play a role in meeting that need.

Friday, September 12, 1997

3:35 - 4:35 pm

206 Cox Hall

Refreshments will be served on the second floor of Dabney Hall (left of Room 222) at 3:00 pm.