Model Risk - Case Studies

Case Studies

  • Natwest—Interest rate options and swaptions—incorrect model specification.
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi—Interest rate options and swaptions.
  • LTCM—lack of stress testing—Crouhy, Galai, and Mark.
  • Barclays de Zoete Wedd (BZW)—Mispriced currency options.
  • National Australia Bank $3 Billion AUD loss on Homeside interest rate model.
  • 2007–2012 global financial crisis Over reliance on David X. Li's Gaussian copula model misprices the risk of CDO's.

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