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viiiCONTENTSCHAPTER 9<strong>Risk</strong> Report<strong>in</strong>g and Performance Attribution 155Relative <strong>Credit</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> Measures 156Marg<strong>in</strong>al <strong>Credit</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> Contribution 160Portfolio <strong>Credit</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> Report 162<strong>Risk</strong> Report<strong>in</strong>g Dur<strong>in</strong>g Economic Contractions 165Portfolio Market <strong>Risk</strong> Report 168<strong>Risk</strong> Guidel<strong>in</strong>es 169Performance Attribution 170A Simple Attribution Model 172Questions 175CHAPTER 10Portfolio Optimization 177Portfolio Selection Techniques 178Benefits of a Quantitative Approach 179Optimization Methods 180L<strong>in</strong>ear Programm<strong>in</strong>g 180Quadratic Programm<strong>in</strong>g 181Nonl<strong>in</strong>ear Programm<strong>in</strong>g 181Practical Difficulties 182Portfolio Construction 183Sett<strong>in</strong>g Up the Constra<strong>in</strong>ts 185The Optimization Problem 187Optimal Portfolio Composition 188Robustness of Portfolio Composition 191Portfolio Rebalanc<strong>in</strong>g 191Identify<strong>in</strong>g Sell Transactions 192Identify<strong>in</strong>g the Rebalanc<strong>in</strong>g Trades 194Numerical Results 197Devil <strong>in</strong> the Parameters: A Case Study 199<strong>Risk</strong> Reduction 203Questions 204CHAPTER 11Structured <strong>Credit</strong> Products 206Introduction to CDOs 207Balance Sheet versus Arbitrage CDOs 207Cash Flow versus Market Value CDOs 209Cash versus Synthetic CDOs 210Investor Motivations 210

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