Credit Risk, Operational Risk, and Stress Testing

Free GARP FRM Part I lesson in Valuation and Risk Models. 22 min read, ~3,275 words.

Expected loss (EL) = PD × LGD × EAD. Priced into spreads and absorbed by reserves. Unexpected loss (UL) = volatility of losses around EL; absorbed by economic capital. Single-asset UL under binomial default:. Portfolio UL grows with default correlation. Gaussian copula drives credit portfolio models. Each loan's default is...

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