Risk-Adjusted Lending Conditions (eBook)

Werner Rosenberger is Managing Director and Head of Methodology at Credit Risk Control of UBS Wealth Management & Business Banking, Zurich. He was born 1953 in Zurich, Switzerland, where he acquired a diploma in Physics at the Federal Institut of Technology (ETH Zürich). He concluded his studies with a degree in Business Administration of the University of St. Gall, Switzerland. Several years later he completed a doctorate at the University of Zurich. After his studies he worked first as a marketing manager at Philips (Schweiz) AG, Zurich, for IT-products. After a back packer trip around the world he started a banking career at UBS and Credit Suisse where he worked mainly as company clients relationship manager and as a branch manager before he joined credit risk control.

Preface 1.

Preface 2.

Part I: Outline.

Introduction.

Rating system.

Part II: Mathematical Foundations of the Model.

Probability model: Development of
ψj.

Calculation of the shortfall risk hedging rate in the special
case of shortfall risks being constant.

Calculation of the shortfall risk hedging rate in the general
case of variable shortfall risk.

Shortfall risk on uncovered loans on the basis of
statistics.

Part III: Option-Theory Loan Risk Model.

Shortfall risk on uncovered loans to companies on the basis of
an option-theory approach.

Loans covered against shortfall risk.

Calculation of the combination of loans with the lowest interest
costs.

Part IV: Implementation in practice.

Procedure - according to the model - for assessing
the risk in lending to a company.

Applications.

Final considerations.

Appendix 1: Notation.

Appendix 2: Excel worksheet.

Appendix 3: Property price index.

Appendix 4: Chapter 3 - Derivations.

Appendix 5: Chapter 4 - Derivations.

Appendix 6: Chapter 5 - Derivations.

Bibliography.

Index.