Counterparty Credit Risk and Credit Value Adjustment: A Continuing Challenge for Global Financial Markets

Please note that this second edition of Counterparty Credit Risk and Credit Value Adjustment has now been superseded by an updated version entitled The XVA Challenge: Counterparty Credit Risk, Funding, Collateral and Capital.

Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the resultant realization of extensive counterparty risk across the global financial markets, the subject of counterparty risk has become an unavoidable issue for every financial institution. This book explains the emergence of counterparty risk and how financial institutions are developing capabilities for valuing it. It also covers portfolio management and hedging of credit value adjustment, debit value adjustment, and wrong-way counterparty risks. In addition, the book addresses the design and benefits of central clearing, a recent development in attempts to control the rapid growth of counterparty risk. This uniquely practical resource serves as an invaluable guide for market practitioners, policy makers, academics, and students.

Jon Gregory is an experienced practitioner in the area of financial risk management. From 1995 to 1997 he worked in the Fixed Income division of Salomon Brothers. From 1997 to 2005 he was with BNP Paribas and from 2005 until 2008 he was global head of credit analytics at Barclays Capital. Jon has published a number of papers and articles on risk management, credit derivatives and quantitative finance and is a regular speaker at international conferences. He was a co-author of the book Credit: A Complete Guide to Pricing, Hedging and Risk Management, nominated in 2001 for the Kulp-Wright award for the most significant text in risk management and insurance. He is currently a partner at Solum Financial based in London and advises a number of banks on their counterparty risk and CVA practices. He holds a PhD from Cambridge University.