Resources

On April 13th Laure Darleguy discussed the importance of accurate CVA Greeks and analyzed industry best practices and different methodologies for calculating first order CVA sensitivities (delta and vega) to ensure consistency and convergence.

Dr. Victor Masch Vice President of Global Strategy at Numerix, reviews the state of the XVA ecosystem, their impacts on profitability, and offered insights into efficient ways to incorporate XVA into the management processes.

On March 2, 2016 featured speaker Dr. Ping Sun, built on his previous presentation introducing Real World Algorithmic Exposure and took a deep dive into the innovative new resampling approach, outlining the theory behind it along with showcasing examples of resampling in action and a comparison of the Algorithmic Exposure and Brute Force approaches.

Dr. Andrew McClelland, Director of Quantitative Research at Numerix, provides a quantitative introduction to KVA calculations for Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) capital and CVA capital.

On Wednesday, November 18^th featured speaker Daniel Schobel outlined typical uses of Real World ESGs and discussed how insurers can overcome common modeling challenges they encounter.

On Wednesday, October 14^th featured speaker Luca Trussoni, Senior Financial Engineer at Numerix, presented an introduction to Solvency II to help insurance practitioners around the world better understand the “big picture” of the directive.

On Wednesday, September 16^th featured speaker Dr. Ping Sun, Executive Director of Financial Engineering at Numerix, provided an introduction to Real World Algorithmic Exposure and outlined how it can be utilized by both capital market and insurance practitioners for advanced risk measures like RW PFE and for other RW/RN nested simulations.

Numerix expert Mark Hadley, FSA,CFA, explores cross-asset risk exposures of emerging GLWB product designs, cross-asset risk-neutral ESG modeling approaches and the importance of “joint calibration” for keeping ESGs market consistent. Register to view On-Demand.

Numerix expert Mark Hadley, FSA,CFA, explores cross-asset risk exposures of emerging GLWB product designs, cross-asset risk-neutral ESG modeling approaches and the importance of “joint calibration” for keeping ESGs market consistent. Register to view On-Demand.

Numerix expert Mark Hadley, FSA,CFA, explores cross-asset risk exposures of emerging GLWB product designs, cross-asset risk-neutral ESG modeling approaches and the importance of “joint calibration” for keeping ESGs market consistent. Register to view On-Demand.

Dr. Marco Bianchetti and Ilja Faerman discuss the new Prudent Valuation regulations, interpret the numerous AVAs and examine their calculations, and discuss best practices in implementing a Prudent Valuation framework. Register to view On-Demand.

Insurers are merging the best features of FIA and VA products to create a new range of hybrid designs. Alex Marion reviews the new Indexed Variable Annuity, IVA, product designs and discusses best practices for the risk management, hedging and reserving of these products. Register to view On-Demand.

Traditionally market risk exposure from Indexed Annuities is managed via static hedging programs. Mark Hadley explores strategies for dynamic hedging, an approach which can offer a more cost effective option in the face of low rates and the competitive landscape. Register to view On-Demand.

Numerix expert Dan Li discusses how vanilla derivative valuations have become very complex, and how to deal with this new complexity. Register to view On-Demand.

Anna Barbashova discusses best practices in collateral management and delves into the theoretical and practical aspects of CSA discounting. Register to view On-Demand.

Dr. Ion Mihai discusses how to build proxy OIS curves from available market information in currencies where the OIS market is not well developed. Register to view On-Demand.

Numerix featured speaker Mark Hadley discusses ways derivative market practitioners can enhance the bootstrapping process for the short end of OIS curves, and how these approaches will become more important as rates rise.

Many practitioners have found developing and implementing an accurate FVA framework challenging both theoretically and practically. Join Numerix on 2/28 for a quantitative discussion with Dr. Alexandre Antonov, SVP, Quantitative Research, as he reviews current FVA theory and outlines a new universal FVA framework. Register to view On-Demand.