Abstract:We consider the problem of forecasting debt recovery from large portfolios of non-performing unsecured consumer loans under management. The state of the art in industry is to use stochastic processes to approximately model payment behaviour of individual customers based on several covariates, including credit scores and payment history. Monte Carlo simulation of these stochastic processes can enable forecasting of the possible returns from portfolios of defaulted debt, and the quantification of uncertainty. De… Show more
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