KAMAKURA CORPORATION
Kamakura Corporation is the world’s leading provider of risk management solutions – software, information and consulting – because successfully managing financial risk while meeting regulatory requirements demands industry-leading research, sound analytics, fully integrated applications, flawless execution and quantifiable results.
ABOUT US
KAMAKURA CORPORATION
Kamakura Corporation is the world’s leading provider of risk management solutions – software, information and consulting – because successfully managing financial risk while meeting regulatory requirements demands industry-leading research, sound analytics, fully integrated applications, flawless execution and quantifiable results.
ABOUT US
KAMAKURA CORPORATION
Kamakura Corporation is the world’s leading provider of risk management solutions – software, information and consulting – because successfully managing financial risk while meeting regulatory requirements demands industry-leading research, sound analytics, fully integrated applications, flawless execution and quantifiable results.
ABOUT US
KAMAKURA TROUBLED COMPANY INDEX
The Kamakura Troubled Company Index® measures the percentage of 40,500 public firms in 76 countries that have an annualized one- month default risk of over one percent.
DAILY
Kamakura Default Probabilities versus
Legacy Ratings
Kamakura Daily Bond Performance Attribution
KRIS Daily Default Probability and
Bond Cross-Validation
NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
There Is a Market for That
Kamakura Troubled Company Index Increases by 0.25% to 3.03% Credit Quality Remains at the 100th Percentile NEW YORK, August 2, 2021: In 2009, Apple began a television campaign called “There’s an app for that” — a slogan that became so successful, the company acquired...
Kamakura Congratulates Talcott Resolution For Being Named As The Risk Team Of The Year By InsuranceERM
Risk team of the year: Talcott Resolution Click here to read more.
Kamakura Weekly Forecast, July 23, 2021: U.S. Treasury Probabilities 10 Years Forward
In a recent post on SeekingAlpha, we pointed out that a forecast of “heads” or “tails” in a coin flip leaves out critical information. What a sophisticated better needs to know is that, on average for a fair coin, the probability of heads is 50%. A forecast that the...
A 10 Factor Heath, Jarrow, and Morton Stochastic Volatility Model for the U.S. Treasury Yield Curve, Using Daily Data from January 1, 1962 through June 30, 2021
Donald R. van Deventer[1] First Version: July 19, 2021 This Version: July 19, 2021 ABSTRACT Please note: Kamakura Corporation term structure models are updated monthly. For the most recent set of coefficients, contact info@kamakuraco.com This paper analyzes the...
Kamakura Weekly Forecast, July 16, 2021: 3-month Treasury Bill Yield Distribution for 10 Years
In a recent post on SeekingAlpha, we pointed out that a forecast of “heads” or “tails” in a coin flip leaves out critical information. What a sophisticated better needs to know is that, on average for a fair coin, the probability of heads is 50%. A forecast that the...
EVENTS
May 25-26, 2021 Risk Americas 2021
May 19-21, 2021 IACPM Virtual Spring Conference
Fiscal and Monetary Stimulus. Worried About Unintended Consequences?
ARCHIVES
INDUSTRIES WE SERVE
Kamakura’s products provide asset managers, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions around the world with a highly advanced, integrated, end-to-end system for managing credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk, and asset-liability management. These products are designed to provide management, boards of directors, shareholders and regulators with an accurate and comprehensive view of the total financial risk of the organization as well as tools to manage that risk.
We serve the world’s most sophisticated banks, insurance companies, asset managers, pension funds, and Central banks and regulators.
PROBLEMS WE SOLVE
Asset Liability Management
Credit Portfolio Analysis and Default Probabilities
IFRS 9 and CECL
Market Risk
Credit Risk
Stress Testing
BLOGS
Donald R. van Deventer, Ph.D.
Martin Zorn currently serves as Kamakura's president and chief operating officer. In this role he oversees all day-to-day operations serving Kamakura risk management clients in 37 countries.
Sou-Cheng Choi, Ph.D.
Dr. Sou-Cheng T. Choi joined Kamakura as Chief Data Scientist on February 1st, 2020. Dr. Choi previously served as the Principal Data Scientist and Lead Researcher in Machine Learning for the automotive and life innovation groups at AllState.
Kamakura Weekly Forecast, July 23, 2021: U.S. Treasury Probabilities 10 Years Forward
In a recent post on SeekingAlpha, we pointed out that a forecast of “heads” or “tails” in a coin flip leaves out critical...
Public Funds Have Become More Complicated
Over the past several years the changes in regulations have transformed the landscape for public funds. On the one hand it has...
GAIL—Guaranteed Automatic Integration Library in MATLAB: Documentation for Version 2.3
Authors: Sou-Cheng T. Choi, Yuhan Ding, Fred J. Hickernell, Lan Jiang,Lluís Antoni Jiménez Rugama, Da Li, Jagadeeswaran...