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Credit migration: Generating generators

Risk Management 2021-02-05 v2 Computational Finance Mathematical Finance Pricing of Securities

Abstract

Markovian credit migration models are a reasonably standard tool nowadays, but there are fundamental difficulties with calibrating them. We show how these are resolved using a simplified form of matrix generator and explain why risk-neutral calibration cannot be done without volatility information. We also show how to use elementary ideas from differential geometry to make general inferences about calibration stability. This the longer version of an article published by RISK (Feb 2021).

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@article{arxiv.2006.11146,
  title  = {Credit migration: Generating generators},
  author = {Richard J. Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.11146},
  year   = {2021}
}

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Minor corrections from V1

R2 v1 2026-06-23T16:27:55.214Z