Bayesian quantile regression incorporated in major statistical software suites globally
The need
Following the 2007 financial crisis, modelling of financial risk became a significant issue in banking and finance. Quantile-based risk measures are more sensitive to events that happen in the tail end of distribution – the tail risk. Bayesian methods allow prior knowledge of the process to be incorporated into the risk analysis.
The solution
Bayesian quantile regression (BQR) was first introduced by Prof Yu and has been available for risk analysis by the millions of users of the statistical software suite SAS since 2009. The SAS software is currently installed at 83,000 business, government and university sites worldwide. BQR has been particularly useful to banks and made available to them through the R and SAS software packages.
The outcome
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Advanced mathematical techniques for risk analysis incorporated in major statistical software suites
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People’s Bank of China were able to increase their investments in individual businesses year-on-year because with the BQR model they were more confident about the profit on each investment. In one year alone (2015), they used Prof Yu’s model to make decisions on 20,000 business cases worth £110,000,000.
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The China Minsheng Bank believe the use of more reliable risk management systems enabled by BQR has allowed them to provide loans to 2,000 more customers per annum.
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Case study last modified 12/10/2022