Gaussian process regression for derivative portfolio modeling and application to credit valuation adjustment computations

Stéphane Crépey () and Matthew Dixon ()
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Stéphane Crépey: UFR Mathématiques et informatique [Sciences] - Université Paris Cité - UPCité - Université Paris Cité, LPSM (UMR_8001) - Laboratoire de Probabilités, Statistique et Modélisation - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UPCité - Université Paris Cité
Matthew Dixon: IIT - Illinois Institute of Technology

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Abstract: Modeling counterparty risk is computationally challenging because it requires the simultaneous evaluation of all trades between each counterparty under both market and credit risk. We present a multi-Gaussian process regression approach, which is well suited for the over-the-counter derivative portfolio valuation involved in credit valuation adjustment (CVA) computation. Our approach avoids nested simulation or simulation and regression of cashflows by learning a Gaussian metamodel for the mark-to-market cube of a derivative portfolio. We model the joint posterior of the derivatives as a Gaussian process over function space, imposing the spatial covariance structure on the risk factors. Monte Carlo simulation is then used to simulate the dynamics of the risk factors. The uncertainty in portfolio valuation arising from the Gaussian process approximation is quantified numerically. Numerical experiments demonstrate the accuracy and convergence properties of our approach for CVA computations, including a counterparty portfolio of interest rate swaps.

Keywords: Gaussian processes regression surrogate modeling mark-to-market cube; Gaussian processes regression; surrogate modeling; mark-to-market cube; derivatives; credit valuation adjustment; uncertainty quantification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-06
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Published in The Journal of Computational Finance, 2020, 24 (1)

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