Impact of Systemically Important Counterparty Default on Counterparty Credit Risk
摘要
In general, Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) in Over-the-Counter (OTC) derivatives has been significantly mitigated by margin regulations. Specifically, Initial Margin (IM) is expected to cover the increment of the exposure during Margin Period of Risk (MPoR) from a counterparty default to the actual liquidation. Since this incremental exposure is treated as a random variable at the time of the last margin delivery, IM is calculated in practice using a unified simplified calculation method called ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM). However, it is generally known that a default of a large financial institution, which is defined as a "Systemically Important Counterparty (SIC)" by Pykhtin and Sokol (Risknet, 26(9), 88–93