Numerix provides comprehensive coverage for any conceivable type of credit instrument, including bespoke structured deals, through our infinitely flexible deal-structuring architecture, payoff scripting language and a comprehensive library of market-standard credit models and proprietary numerical methods.
Below is a sampling of deal templates that users can customize as needed, as well as models and methods available with Numerix:
Customizable Instrument Templates*
Credit Default Swaps/Swaptions
Asset Swaps
Credit Spread Options
Cancelable Asset Swaps
Total Return Swaps
Callable/Putable Corporate Bonds
Brady Bonds
Equity Default Swaps
Constant-Maturity CDS
Credit-Linked Notes
CDS Indices
Options on CDS Indices
Synthetic Single-Tranche CDOs
Cashflow CDOs
CDO–Squareds
Bespoke Tranches
Basket Default Swaps
LCDS
LCDX
Nth-to-Default Baskets
Bond/Loan Portfolios
Models and Methods*
Gaussian Copula Model with Optional Correlated/Stochastic Recovery
Student-T Copula Model
NIG Copula Model
Calibration of base correlations for various market conditions
Dynamic Credit Model (top-down approach)
Dynamic Credit Model for Pricing and Hedging Heterogeneous CDOs (bottom-up approach)
Advanced-Factor Models of Credit Baskets
Multi-period Simulation Models (Hull-White)
Hybrid Credit/IR models with Deterministic or Stochastic Components
Twisted Monte Carlo Simulations
Direct Grid Convolution
Fourier/Laplace Transform
Asymptotic Saddlepoint Methods
Credit Spread VaR for Credit Portfolios
Default VaR and Expected Shortfall for Credit Portfolios
Cox-Ingersoll-Ross Model**
* Not an exhaustive list ** CR CIR model will be available Q3 2012
Numerix Quantitative Research
“A Simple Dynamic Model for Pricing and Hedging Heterogenous CDOs”