Active Credit Portfolio Management in Practice

Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, ActiveCredit Portfolio Management in Practice serves as acomprehensive introduction to both the theory and real-worldpractice of credit portfolio management. The authors have written atext that is technical enough both in terms of background andimplementation to cover what practitioners and researchers need foractually applying these types of risk management tools in largeorganizations but which at the same time, avoids technical proofsin favor of real applications. Throughout this book, readerswill be introduced to the theoretical foundations of thisdiscipline, and learn about structural, reduced-form, andeconometric models successfully used in the market today. The bookis full of hands-on examples and anecdotes. Theory is illustratedwith practical application. The authors' Website providesadditional software tools in the form of Excel spreadsheets, Matlabcode and S-Plus code. Each section of the book concludes withreview questions designed to spark further discussion andreflection on the concepts presented.