In this work, we investigate the challenging problem of estimating credit risk measures of portfolios with exposure concentration under the multi-factor Gaussian and multi-factor t-copula models. It is well-known that Monte Carlo (MC) methods are highly demanding from the computational point of view in the aforementioned situations. We present efficient and robust numerical techniques based on the Haar wavelets theory for recovering the cumulative distribution function of the loss variable from its characteristic function. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that multi-factor t-copula models are considered outside the MC framework. The analysis of the approximation error and the results obtained in the numerical experiments section show a reliable and useful machinery for credit risk capital measurement purposes in line with Pillar II of the Basel Accords.

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The SWIFT method for pricing European-style options on one underlying asset was recently published and presented as an accurate, robust and highly efficient technique. The purpose of this paper is to extend the method to higher dimensions by pricing exotic option contracts, called rainbow options, whose payoff depends on multiple assets. The multidimensional extension inherits the properties of the one-dimensional method, being the exponential convergence one of them. Thanks to the nature of local Shannon wavelets basis, we do not need to rely on a-priori truncation of the integration range, we have an error bound estimate and we use fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithms to speed up computations. We test the method for similar examples with state-of-the-art methods found in the literature, and we compare our results with analytical expressions when available.@en