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CAMEL Rating System: How Banks Are Assessed by Regulators
In the CAMEL system, five broad factors are used including Capital (C), Asset quality (A), Management (M), Earnings (E), and Liquidity (L).
Conditional Distribution
A probability distribution for a sub-population is known as a Conditional Distribution that a randomly selected item in a sub-population has.
What is Kurtosis?
Kurtosis measures a distribution’s shape, specifically the total probability in the distribution’s tails compared to the rest of the distribution.
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Concentration Risk and Concentration Ratio
Concentration risk is the risk of financial loss that may arise due to exposure to multiple counterparties for a specific group.
Solvency II
Solvency II is a Directive in European Union law that codifies and harmonizes the EU insurance regulation.
Forward Rates
Forward rates is the settlement price of a transaction that will not take place until a predetermined date. The future spot rates implied by today’s spot rates are forward rates.
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Collateralization
Collateralization concept says that when two parties are involved in a trade, one party will have a negative exposure
What is a Confidence Interval?
A confidence interval is a range of parameters that complements the rejection region.
What are Mortgage Backed Securities Prepayment
Mortgage-Backed Securities are long term contracts with payments of both interest and principal.The prepayment option may benefit the borrower
Understanding Mortgage-Backed Securities
MBS is a specialised product of Asset-Backed Securities. MBS works through different pooling mortgages and selling them in a packaged form.
What are Population and Sample?
The entire group about whom you want to make conclusions is a population. A sample is a subset of the population you will collect data from.
What is Butterfly Spread?
A butterfly spread is another strategy used by the traders. We purchase or sell three different call options in the butterfly spread.