Calculating Value-at-Risk contributions in CreditRisk+

Hermann Haaf and Dirk Tasche

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Abstract: Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) launched in 1997 the model CreditRisk+ which aims at calculating the loss distribution of a credit portfolio on the basis of a methodology from actuarial mathematics. Knowing the loss distribution, it is possible to determine quantile-based values-at-risk (VaRs) for the portfolio. An open question is how to attribute fair VaR contributions to the credits or loans forming the portfolio. One approach is to define the contributions as certain conditional expectations. We develop an algorithm for the calculations involved in this approach. This algorithm can be adapted for computing the contributions to the portfolio Expected Shortfall (ES). Key words: CreditRisk+; Value-at-Risk (VaR); risk contribution; conditional expectation.

Date: 2001-12, Revised 2002-03
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Published in GARP Risk Review issue 07 Jul/Aug 2002, 43-47

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