Foreword ix
About the Author xi
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 ALM of the Banking Book 1
The Role of Asset Liability Management in Commercial Banks 1
Overview of Financial Risks Existing in the Banking Book 7
Regulatory Requirements - Basel III 13
Capital Requirements According to Basel III/CRD IV 17
Selective Review of the Literature Related to ALM and Integrated Management of the Interest Rate Risk and Liquidity Risk in Commercial Banks 19
Chapter 2 Methods of Measurement and Management of the Interest Rate Risk and Liquidity Risk 23
Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book - Measurement and Management 24
Exposure to Short-Term Interest Rate Risk - Maturity Gap Analysis 24
Maturity Gap Analysis from the Economic Value Perspective 33
Liquidity Risk in the Banking Book - Measurement and Management 41
Short-Term Liquidity Management Principles 45
Medium Long-Term Liquidity - The Principles of Structural Liquidity Management 46
The Role of Funds Transfer Pricing in Banks 50
Pricing of Different Products in the Banking Book 54
Behaviouralisation Concept in FTP 57
Chapter 3 Customer Behaviour and Its Impact on Interest Rate and Liquidity Risk 61
Significance and Impact of Behavioural Issues in the Banking Book 61
Modelling of Customers' Deposits - Liabilities Side 63
Balance Sensitivity Modelling 68
Modelling of Loans with Early Redemption Optionality -Assets Side 70
Statistical Prepayments 70
Financial Prepayments 71
Chapter 4 Formulation of the Optimisation Process and Articulation of the Decision Model 73
The Optimisation Method Applied to the Banking Book 74
Introduction of the Optimisation Concept 75
Definition of the Initial Banking Book Profile 79
Building the Objective and Constraint Functions in the Optimisation Process 81
The Importance of Model Sensitivity Analysis 96
Definition of the Sensitivity Parameters for the Optimisation Model 98
'Significant Changes in Interest Rates' Scenario 98
Changes in the Initial Proportions of the Asset Base 100
Changes in the Output of the Deposit Characterisation Model - Balance Volatility, Balance Sensitivity, and Average Life of the Product 100
Introduction of the CPR into the Model 100
Chapter 5 Practical Example of the Optimisation Process and Quantification of the Economic Impact under Base and Stress Scenarios 101
Case Study: Economic Impact from the Optimisation Model under Baseline and Sensitivity Scenarios for Bank 1 102
Case Study: Economic Impact from the Optimisation Model under Baseline and Sensitivity Scenarios for Bank 2 114
Conclusions 125
Appendix 1 Details of the Analysis Performed for Bank 1 129
Appendix 2 Details of the Analysis Performed for Bank 2 157
Bibliography 209
Index 213
