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The xVA Challenge

The definitive guide to counterparty risk and valuation adjustments, updated and revised.

5th Edition by Jon Gregory

Publishing 2nd July 2026

  • Hardcover: 728 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 4th edition (27 April 2020)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1394354452
  • ISBN-13: 978-1394354450

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Endorsements for Fifth Edition

"xVAs and financial resources management and optimization have become central themes in the banking industry, and Jon’s book is the unifying platform for dialogue around these topics. In this edition, with a finely tuned balance between conceptual rigor and practical insight, Jon continues to track key market developments with depth of knowledge and clarity of exposition, whilst highlighting the important open questions."
Ali Najmaie
Managing Director, Global Head of xVA Trading + Equity and Portfolio Analytics, Toronto-Dominion Bank
"The issue of counterparty risk and valuation adjustments continues to see rapid change. Jon Gregory provides the reader with a comprehensive, yet readable, discourse on the different facets of counterparty risk and xVA. This book is an essential reading for regulators and all users of OTC derivatives."
Stuart M. Turnbull
Professor Emeritus, Bauer School of Business, University of Houston
"This is by far the clearest and most comprehensive reference work on counterparty credit risk and related value adjustments. With this new edition, Jon Gregory explains the latest changes in market practice, along with critical expert commentary."
Darrell Duffie
Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business
"Jon Gregory strikes again with "The xVA Challenge". Now at its 5th edition, this excellent book is definitely an indispensable, comprehensive and up-to-date resource for quants, risk managers, or traders who want to understand how counterparty, funding and capital risk drive the derivative markets."
Marco Bianchetti
Financial & Market Risk Management, Intesa Sanpaolo, and University of Bologna, Italy
"Jon's book does an excellent job at both guiding XVA Desk members deep into complex topics, but also providing valuable inputs to the management and role of the XVA Desk. The clear communication style of Jon makes the book accessible not only for traders and quants, but also for sales and management, which is rare for a book on such complex topics."
Nicki S. Rasmussen
Head of XVA, Danske Bank A/S
"Jon Gregory is one of the godfathers of the xVA story. He is amongst the few who can demystify the puzzle and this book is a key tool for bringing light into these dark matters."
Wim Schoutens
Professor in Risk Management, Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering, University of Leuven, Belgium
"As XVA practice and regulation race ahead, Jon Gregory – The Grandmaster of XVA – once again sets the standard with this timely 5th edition. It is fully up to date, sweeping in scope, precise in detail, and genuinely indispensable. If your work touches XVA, this belongs on your desk."
Vladimir V. Piterbarg
Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Analytics, NatWest Markets
xVA Challenge

The xVA Challenge: Counterparty Risk, Funding, Collateral, Capital and Initial Margin

4th Edition by Jon Gregory

  • Hardcover: 704 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 4th edition (27 April 2020)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1119508975
  • ISBN-13: 978-1119508977
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 24.4 cm

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Errata

p. 61 Under the bullet point ‘Funding’ the correct text should be “this will not be the case”.
p. 227 Figure 9.4 caption should refer to a long equity position.
p. 292 Figure 11.4 should be EPE instead of PFE.
p. 295 Figure 11.8 caption should read “The latter corresponds to a swap where the cash flows are received semi-annually and paid annually”. 
p. 298 The discussion at the bottom of the page suggests that the cross-currency swap exposure will be large when the correlation is low. This depends on the FX pair with +100% or -100% being the largest depending of the directionality. In the spreadsheet example, positive correlation leads to a higher exposure. 
p. 314 Second sentence should read (numbers changed) “The amount that has to be funded is 8, which is partially uncollateralised value (5) and partly the initial margin that is posted (3).”
p. 319 bad wording under the four bullets at the top of the page: “the CDS market represents probably the most clean and directly available quotes”
p. 362 The value of $249,182 should read $259,182.
p. 364 First bullet point should read “defined by the term V-C”.
p. 403 RDR should be RFR.
p. 442 Reference to Andersen et al (2015) should be same authors (2017a) and (2017b).
p. 450 In the caption of Figure 15.24, “forward start swaption” should be “forward start swap”.
p. 467 “discount factors greater than zero” should be “discount factors greater than one”.
p. 479 In the bullet point below Figure 16.7, “current repo rate” should read “current repo haircut”.
p. 488 Equation (17.2) should have du term at the end.
p. 488 Below Equation (17.2) discount factor should have integral inside exponential function. 
p. 500 Equation (17.7c) should have lamda_P and not lamda_C (first term after integral).
p. 500 Below Equation (17.7c) discount factor should have integral inside exponential function.
p. 501 At the top, it should read “one party’s CVA is equal and opposite to the other’s DVA”.
p. 509 Just before Section 17.4.2. Stand-alone value should be -26.3 and not 17.9 bps and lower limit should be -9.0 and not -6.2 bps. 
p. 558 Bottom of page should be 20% RSF (not ASF).

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The xVA Challenge: Counterparty Credit Risk, Funding, Collateral, and Capital

3rd Edition by Jon Gregory

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (4 September 2015)

ISBN-13: 978-1119109419

“The issue of counterparty risk has undergone rapid change since the credit crisis. All end–users of OTC derivatives are affected by these changes. The new title ′xVA′ of the third edition reflects the increased complexity generated by these changes. Jon Gregory provides the reader with a comprehensive, yet readable, discourse on the different facets of counterparty risk. This book is essential reading for regulators and all users of OTC derivatives.”

Stuart M. Turnbull, Bauer Chaired Professor of Finance, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston

“Jon Gregory is one of the godfathers of the VA story. He is amongst the few who can demystify the puzzle and this book is a key tool for bringing light into these dark matters.”

Wim Schoutens, independent consultant and professor in financial engineering at the University of Leuven, Belgium

“This is by far the clearest and most comprehensive reference work on counterparty credit risk and related value adjustments. With this new edition, Jon Gregory explains the latest changes in market practice, along with critical expert commentary.”

Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at Stanford Graduate School of Business

“The first and second editions of Jon Gregory′s book on the post–crisis over–the–counter derivatives markets were classics, packed with a wealth of information. This third edition greatly extends the coverage of the first two editions. Like them, it is a must–buy for anyone involved with derivatives markets. Congratulations Jon on another excellent book.”

John Hull, Maple Financial Chair in Derivatives and Risk Management Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

“Jon Gregory manages again to grab the XVA animal in its relentless flight and restrain it long enough to take a picture of its present state. The picture is, as usual, neat and clear, with full awareness of the continuous commitment of the market to optimise this aspect of pricing that has become a crucial factor for a bank′s competitiveness. Rephrasing J.L. Borges, we could say ′XVA is a tiger which is devouring us; but we are the tiger′.”

Massimo Morini, Head of Interest Rate and Credit Models at Banca IMI and Professor of Fixed Income at Bocconi University

“Jon Gregory has written a fantastic book on counterparty risk, funding, collateral management and capital. It is remarkably clear and accessible, especially considering how technical and sophisticated these topics are. The book is an indispensable guide to the challenges of understanding and computing XVA measures and definitely one to read!”

Giovanni Cesari, Author of Modelling, Pricing, and Hedging Counterparty Credit Exposure (Springer)

Errata

p. 8 It is more accurate to say that IFRS 13 replaces the fair value (and therefore CVA) aspects of IAS 39 rather than the general statement that IFRS 13 replaces IAS 39.
p. 28 Reference to Section 5.5.2 should be Section 5.4.2.
p. 89 Should be a bracket after “Mechanism” four lines from top
p. 103 Table 6.6 caption should refer to total notional as of month end and not newly executed
p. 106 In the equation for net initial margin it should be (0.4 + 0.6 * NGR) * Gross initial margin. The calculation example that follows should give 2.46 and not 2.1
p. 124 In Figures 7.14 and 7.15, the EFV is not the sum of the EE and NEE which it should be (the EE and NEE profiles are correct)
p. 127 Footnote 12 should read “Depending on the currency, either swap or physical settlement may be most common.”
p. 130 Footnote 16 should refer to Table 7.2 not 7.3.
p. 131 Just above Figure 7.22 “lower netting value” should read “lower netting factor”
p. 136 Figure 7.27 – on the right hand side of the figure funding cost and funding benefit should be reversed
p. 137 Near the top of the page “complimentary” should be “complementary”
p. 138 Footnote 21 – reference should be IFR SSA Special Report 2012
p. 154 Two lines after equation (8.7) should read “surprising” and not “surprisingly”
p. 159 Figure 8.6 caption should refer to as a function of MTM (not maturity)
p. 159 No bracket after used on forth line from bottom
p. 161 Figure 8.8 – the bottom graph is missing the multiplier of 1.4 on the SA-CCR line (i.e. this line should be 40% higher). The CEM result assumes an NGR of 1 whereas 60% might be better gives this is a netting example (the problem is that the swaps are assumed to have a MTM of zero and hence the NGR is not defined due to a divide by zero!).
p. 169 Two lines before section 8.7.2 should read “CVA capital charge”
p. 170 Equation (8.14) should have X on second line instead of X^2
p. 171 Note that approval for specific risk is under the IMA (internal model approach)
p. 183 Third line should read “third component” and not “second component”
p. 218 In Figure 10.11 The y-axis labels and caption should be switched
p. 232 Footnote 15 should read “as in Section 7.4.2”
p. 237 Section 10.7.2 second line “in order to assess…..”
p. 241 Reference to Figure 10.28 should be Figure 10.27.
p. 301 Figure 13.1 is not a five-year interest rate swap as stated but a 10-year portfolio. This doesn’t change the analysis otherwise.
p. 306 Figure 13.6 caption should be “respondents” not “respondants”.
p. 307 The repo and CSA haircuts in the multiplier in Section 13.4.4 should be exchanged.
p. 310 Note that Equation 14.1 refers to the historic treatment and the minus is not required in the formulas that follow
p. 332 Second bullet point should read “A party unwinding, novating or restructuring a transaction might claim to recognise some of the DVA benefit since this may be paid out due to a reduction in their counterparty’s CVA”.
p. 343 In equation (15.3), the survival adjustment was removed. This is for simplicity and nothing mathematical. Market practice is still divergent on this point.
p. 356 In the last line on this page “price symmetry” should read “price asymmetry”.
p. 360 Reference to Table 6.1 should be Table 6.2
p. 367 Figure 16.5 caption should be “respondents” not “respondants”.
p. 369 Figure 16.7 is incomplete. Please see here.
p. 374 Four lines after equation (16.4) “this may seen” should be “this may seem”
p. 374 In the paragraph after Equation 16.4 the last line should read “Alternatively if the EL and KVA (second term above) is charged then there will seemingly be no cash to use for CVA hedging.”
p. 382 Near the bottom the sentence should be “Overall, the wrong-way collateralised exposure is around 50% higher than the normal collateralised exposure”
p. 384 Footnote 7 should be ignored.
p. 388 3rd line in second paragraph should read “The RV is smaller for better rated Sovereigns”.
p. 390 Reference to Figure 15.22 should be to Figure 17.12.
p. 393 Reference to Figure 14.1 should be to Figure 17.15.
p. 398 Complimentary should be Complementary.
p. 402 Reference to Section 5.5.2 should be Section 5.4.2.

NOTE: the Errata below are relevant only for the first print run of the book (which effects only a relatively small percentage of those sold).

p. 113 Figure 7.2 should have a white area below the x-axis to illustrate the exposure concept
p. 169 Instead of Appendix 8D I recommend reading Pykhtin (2012) in the bibliography
p. 172 The term PD(t_i-1,t_i) is slightly miswritten below equation 8.16 (see equation for correct notation)
p. 238 In Figure 10.24 caption it should say “Payer IRS 7Y” and not “Payer IRS 5Y”
p. 271 in equation 12.1 the s should be lower case
p. 280 In Figure 12.8 the line has printing incorrectly and should follow the best fit to the points shown
p. 300 fifth line from bottom should refer to spread (CS_X) and not (S_X) as in equation 13.1
p. 313 Number at the end of first paragraph should be -4.52 bps (per annum)
p. 359 Chapter 16 title should be “Margin and Capital Value Adjustments”
p. 364 The large S_IM should become small s_IM once in equation 16.1 and twice in the paragraph below. Note: the other S(.) should not change
p. 384 The sentence beginning “Cases of zero (top)……..” from figure 17.4 caption should not be there.

Appendices

Spreadsheets

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Counterparty Credit Risk

 

Counterparty credit risk and credit value adjustment: A continuing challenge for global financial markets

2nd Edition by Jon Gregory

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (31 August 2012)

ISBN-13: 978-1118316672

 “Jon Gregory is the acknowledged global expert on counterparty credit risk. This new edition of his definitive treatment of the subject, fully updated and expanded, will remain the go-to source on counterparty risk management and valuation. The concepts and examples are perfectly pitched to masters students, financial market participants, and regulators.”

Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, The Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

“Much has happened in financial markets since the first edition of Counterparty Credit Risk was published. With the second edition Jon Gregory brings the reader right up to date. Much of the material has been rewritten or expanded. The book will continue to be essential reading for anyone who works in derivatives.”

Professor John Hull, Maple Financial Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

“Jon Gregory provides a comprehensive treatment of counterparty risk, including centralized clearing. His exposition is clear and accessible, which is remarkable given the complexity of the topic. There are many practical examples, including experiences from the recent credit crisis. His book should be required reading for risk managers, senior banking executives, regulators, policy makers and scholars concerned about counterparty risk.”

Stuart M. Turnbull, Bauer Chaired Professor, Bauer College of Business

“It is great to see a timely and extensive update to what has quickly become a classic text in a rapidly evolving field of counterparty credit risk.”

Vladimir V. Piterbarg, Global Head of Quantitative Analytics, Barclays

“Utmost important topic covered by one of the best experts in the field. A must read for everybody in the financial industry dealing with counterparty risk.”

Wim Schoutens, Research Professor, University of Leuven

“Jon Gregory is an all too rare individual, a state-of-the-art quant who knows the limits of mathematical analysis and who also can express himself effectively with words. As in his previous volume, he provides a solid exposition of the conceptual and institutional aspects of this complex form of risk. Relying mainly on graphics and examples to illustrate his points allows him to banish most mathematical formulas to chapter appendices that can safely be skipped by the interested non-specialist. The 2nd edition provides a timely update with revised or expanded discussion of topics that have received particular attention in finance and public policy circles over the past two years. I highly recommend this book to any intelligent layperson who seeks a better understanding of counterparty credit risk and its implications for public policy.”

David M. Rowe, President, David M. Rowe Risk Advisory / Long-time Risk Analysis Columnist, Risk Magazine

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Errata

Chapter 5

p. 62 It has been brought to my attention that in the collateral data represented in Figure 5.2 is double counted because “The collateral assets in this case are counted twice, once as received and once as delivered”. This means that the estimated collateral values needs to be halved and the ratio of 90% for year 2009 is actually around 45%.
p. 70 First paragraph, last sentence “Another reason for a collateral giver to pay a return in excess of OIS…” Should read “… a collateral receiver to pay…” as collateral receiver pays interest on received collateral.

Chapter 7

p. 112 The sentence about half-way down the page should read “For example, it is possible that an NCM may post less liquid margin to a GCM and then the GCM will in turn post the required more liquid margin to the CCP.”
p. 112 The sentence about two-thirds of the way down the page should read “However, we note that such a liquidity provision creates potentially dangerous problems because the fee for margin lending will increase as the credit quality of the borrower decreases.”

Chapter 8

p. 144 In formula (8.6) threshold_I and threshold_C should be switched.

Chapter 9

p. 155 On the fifth line “as already” should read “as will be”.
p. 194 In Figure 9.30 the secondary y-axis should read Ratio (bond divided by cash)

Chapter 10

p. 205 after equation (10.2) “where h defines the hazard rate of default, which is the conditional default probability in an infinitesimally small period.” Should read “where h defines the hazard rate of default which means that the conditional default probability in a period of length dt is given by h×dt).
p. 206 The hazard rates in the third column of Table 10.3 are obtained from the approximation in equation (10.3). The actual hazard rates that give the exact annual default probabilities in the last column of this table are 4.94%, 6.674%, 8.54%, 10.60% and 12.95%.
p. 215 (bottom of page) higher funding costs will tend to make the CDS-bond basis negative (not positive).

Chapter 12

p. 245 Appendix 12C just below the heading for section 12.1.3 should be Appendix 12B.
p. 245 Last paragraph, first sentence “The approximate formula in equation (12.2) is often not used for actual calculation…”. According to the context of the paragraph, the correct reference should be (12.3).
p. 246 In footnote 10, the reference to Equation (12.2) should be Equation (12.3)
p. 253 Equation 12.7 should have EE(tj) not EE(tj-1, tj)
p. 256 The more accurate spread referred to below equation (12.8) should be 2.61 bps (slightly higher than the approximation in the above equation)
p. 277 Should read “since the global financial crisis” at the start of the last paragraph.

Chapter 15

p. 323 Near the top of the page the sentence “In doing so, we assume a payer swap is a wrong-way (right-way) risk product for negative (positive) correlation…” This should be the opposite way around. A payer swap is a wrong-way product for positive correlation.  
p. 335 Appendix 15E is mentioned which does not exist. However, there is a paper that covers this in more detail which I’ll happily send on request.

Chapter 17

p. 381 Text near the bottom should read “can be replaced by the effective EPE without a collateral agreement in case this amount is lower”.
p. 389 On the third line Equation (7.4) should be Equation (17.4).
p. 396 Reference to Pykhtin(2011) should be as follows Pykhtin, M., 2011, “Counterparty risk capital and CVA” Risk, August.

Appendices

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Counterparty Credit Risk

 

Counterparty Credit Risk: The New Challenge for Global Financial Markets

1st Edition By Jon Gregory

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (19 December 2009)

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Errata

Chapter 1

p. 5 Section 1.2.2 The reasons….arises should read “arise”, should have ever be applied – “be” should read “been”, to quantity such risks – should read “quantify”
p. 6 Section 1.3.1 “One of more underlying assets” – should read “one or more”, “a” is missing from “There is natural limitation”
p. 8 Section 1.4.2 “a relatively large number of dominant counterparties” if they are dominant can there be a large number of them?

Chapter 2

p. 15 Section 2.1.4 “With foreign exhange and credit default swaps….” this sentence should be part of the previous one.
p. 16 Section 2.1.5 “Only saving by last-ditch rescue” should read “saved”
p. 35 Section 2.5 “Unlike tradition single-horizon” should read “traditional”.
p. 36 Section 2.5.3 “What is the worse exposure” should read “worst”.
p. 37 Should read 95% not 99% in the example.
p. 38 The y-axis of Figure 2.9 should be labelled “PFE” and not “Expected exposure”.
p. 40 Under point (3) should read V(t) = mu.t +….

Chapter 3

p. 61 Section 3.6.2 should be “mortgagor” and not “mortgagee”.
p. 66 Section 3.7.2 “Whist” should read “Whilst”. Table 3.6 BBB-/Ba1 should read BB+/Ba1
p. 67 Table 3.7 BB+/Baa3 should read BB+/Ba1
p. 68 Table 3.8 BBB+/Ba3 should read BB-/Ba3
p. 70 In the example at the top of the page it should read 5% of $105,263 and not 5% of $105,000.
p. 71 Section 3.7.9 the full stop after “for example.to meet” should be removed
p. 93 Footnote 7 should read “divided by the variance of the index returns”.

Chapter 4

p. 87 It has been noted that in Figure 4.6 the y-axis should not be labelled PFE as this cannot be negative. Maybe it is best for the reader to simply ignore the one negative value in this figure.
p. 95 Alpha should be a on the third line after equation (4.8)
p. 98 Equation 4.10 should have n replaced by m.
p. 99 Equation 4.11 the numerator and denominator should be swapped.

Chapter 5

p. 110 s(D) should be replaced by s(E).
p. 112 near the bottom of the page, X should be replaced by E.
p. 117 The 0.225% value comes from assuming 0.5% normal interest rate volatility and scaling for a 10 day period SQRT(10/250) and assuming a swap duration of 4.5 years and finally dividing by 2 to approximate the time decay as linear.
p. 118 Figure 5.5 caption. “With” and “Without” should be swapped.
p. 127 An alternative way to consider the collateral formula is Max(Vs – K, 0) – MAX(-Vs – K, 0) – Collateral held and then to consider MTA and rounding of this amount.

Chapter 6

p. 138 First line of second paragraph “CDS” should read “CCDS”
p. 154 Equation 6.6 should not be a minus sign of the right.
p. 156 Section 6.5.1 could replace “unwinded positions” with “unwound”.
p. 161 Section 6.5.5 “Suitable high” should be replaced with “Suitably high”.

Chapter 7

p. 170 Last line the expression q(tj-1, tj) gives the marginal default probability in the interval between date t j-1 not tj+1as shown in the book.
p. 171 Line 20: The last column is a multiplication of the three (not four) numbers as the LGD is not included.
p. 182 Third line from bottom “insitution” and “counterparty” should be swapped. Also q(ti,ti-1) should be q(ti-1, ti)
p. 185 In the example, the BCVA should be 9 bps and not 11 bps
p. 186 footnote 13 “Boldholders” should read “Bondholders”
p. 195 EE is the top equation should rather be V
p. 195 CDS default payment leg is negative by convention so their should be a minus sign in the 4th, 5th and 6th equations.
p. 196 Under “payer swaption” it should read “Receiver swaption”
p. 199 In the second and fifth equations it should be BCVA and not CVA.

Chapter 8

p. 204 Section 8.2 “rather suprisingly” should be replaced by “rather surprising”.
p. 211 Section 8.3.3 μ=2% should be μ=-2%. Under Figure 8.4 the drift to mu=2%”, should be mu=-2%.
p. 216 Figure 8.8 in the title ‘put options’ should be replaced with ‘call options’
p. 239 Second to last equation should be just s with no superscript.
p. 239 last equation should have t replaced by s
p. 220 240 and 120 should be swapped.
p. 240 Last sentence before Appendix 8C should have normal distribution pdf around the two terms for A_+1 and A_+2
p. 241 2nd to last paragraph where Y=rho * Z +sqrt(1-rho^2) * Z it should be Y=rho * Z +sqrt(1-rho^2) * epsilon
p. 242 Equation at top of the page is missing a minus superscript on the second VCDS term
p. 242 Last equation first subscript on RHS should be A, A+a not A+a, B

Chapter 9

p. 270 Figure 9.11.1 potential problems ’causes’ should read ’caused’
p. 276 Figure 9.11.5 non-collateral should be non-collateralised

Chapter 10

p. 281 Figure 10.1 ‘an’ should be before ‘unexpected loss’ not ‘a’

Chapter 12

p. 334 Figure 12.2 “variability of possibility losses” – possibility should be replaced by possible
p. 337 Figure 12.2.6 “tranaction(s)” is spelt wrong – should be “transaction(s)”
p. 338 Figure 12.2.7 “related sophisticated” should read “relatively sophisticated”
p. 345 Figure 12.4.4 (for example under FAS 157. is missing a closing bracket
p. 345 Figure 12.4.5 “institution executes” should read “institution which executes”
p. 348 Sequence 3 numbers should read 1.54, -1.51, 2.35, 1.41

Chapter 13

p. 351 In opening paragraph “Achilles Heal” should read “Achilles Heel”
p. 364 Figure 13.2.7 “risk than is present” should read “risk that is present”/ “operate in a manner which” should read “operate in a manner to which”/ “compliment” should read “complement”

Chapter 14

p. 376 Figure 14.1.8 “resonable low” should read “reasonably low”/ “default on a single member” should read “default of a single member”

Chapter 15

p. 390 Figure 15.3 “Reporting tools and the ability…is important” should read “are important”
p. 391 Figure 15.4 “it not based” should read “is not based”

Glossary

p. 398 “default a some” should read “default at some”

Spreadsheets

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Additions to spreadsheets not originally listed in the book

  • Spreadsheet 2.2b – EE and PFE for a normal distribution with collateral threshold
  • Spreadsheet 4.4 – Now includes collateral threshold in marginal EE calculations
  • Spreadsheet 4.5 – Marginal Expected Exposure Calculation – UPDATED 23/03/2010
  • Spreadsheet 5.2 – Quantifying the impact of an ETA (break-clause) on exposure
  • Spreadsheet 7.1b – CVA + DVA calculation

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