The xVA Challenge

A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the xVA challenge

The period since the global financial crisis has seen a major re-appraisal of derivatives valuation, generally expressed in the form of valuation adjustments (¿xVAs¿). The quantification of xVA is now seen as fundamental to derivatives pricing and valuation. The xVA topic has been complicated and further broadened by accounting standards and regulation. All users of derivatives need to have a good understanding of the implications of xVA. The pricing and valuation of the different xVA terms has become a much studied topic and many aspects are in constant debate both in industry and academia.

• Discussing counterparty credit risk in detail, including the many risk mitigants, and how this leads to the different xVA terms
• Explains why banks have undertaken a dramatic reappraisal of the assumptions they make when pricing, valuing and managing derivatives
• Covers what the industry generall