The present invention relates generally to a system of components,
comprising an integrated architecture, which supports calibration of
financial models, and the structuring, pricing, mark-to-market valuation,
simulation, risk management, and reporting of a variety of credit
instruments subject to both credit and market risk (e.g., interest rate,
foreign exchange risk). Detailed instrument complexities may be
accommodated, by modeling the underlying economic behavior driving the
exercise of embedded options and other structural features of credit
instruments by implementing detailed economic behavioral models. In one
aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a database for
storing credit instrument data, a first calibration engine for generating
calibration parameters from the credit instrument data, a second pricing
engine adapted to calculate the net present values and valuation metrics
for the credit instruments by modeling the underlying economic behavior
driving the exercise of embedded options and other structural features of
the credit instruments, a third engine for performing simulation-based
computations, a fourth risk engine for computing risk and reward metrics,
and a report generator for generating reports for use in managing risk.