Essays about: "Risk-free interest rate"

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  1. 1. ON THE CVA OF CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS: THE IMPLICATION OF DEPENDENCE USING A COPULA APPROACH

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sebastian Alm; Joel Fredriksson Pregmark; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Credit Value Adjustment; Counterparty Credit Risk; Wrong Way Risk; Credit Default Swap; Semi-Analytical Model; Interest Rate Swap;

    Abstract : This study examines the nature and background to the Credit Value Adjustment(CVA), a concept that has gained focus due the it’s heightened importance for financial institutions subsequent to the 2008 financial crisis. CVA can be defined as the the price that should be added to the bilateral defaultable contract to adjust for the existing Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) so that the contract will have the same value as a corresponding risk-free contract. READ MORE

  3. 2. Navigating the Volatility Adjustment in Solvency II : Portfolio Optimization for Balance Sheet Stability

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

    Author : Max Thorendal; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates volatility adjustment from the Solvency II regulation and portfolio allocation methods for pension- and life insurance companies aiming to maintain a stable balance sheet. The volatility adjustment is a component added to the risk-free rate for discounting the present value of future liabilities, and it is calculated monthly based on the spread levels in the fixed-income market. READ MORE

  4. 3. Improving term structure measurements by incorporating steps in a multiple yield curve framework

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Gustav Villwock; Clara Rydholm; [2022]
    Keywords : Finance; Interest rates; Term structure measurement; Monte Carlo; Financial mathematics; Yield curve; Policy rates; Multiple yield curve framework; Stochastic programming; Risk factor modeling; Hedging; Performance attribution; Principle component analysis; GARCH; Maximum likelihood estimation; Copula;

    Abstract : By issuing interest rate derivative contracts, market makers such as large banks are exposed to undesired risk. There are several methods for banks to hedge themselves against this type of risk; one such method is the stochastic programming model developed by Blomvall and Hagenbjörk (2022). READ MORE

  5. 4. Follow the Money : Determinants of Cap Rates in the Stockholm Office Market

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Henrik Saxton; [2022]
    Keywords : Real estate economics; macroeconomy; capitalization rate determinants; foreign investments; unconventional monetary policy; econometrics; dynamic ordinary least squares DOLS regression analysis; Fastighetsekonomi; makroekonomi; bestämningsfaktorer för direktavkastningskrav; utländska investeringar; okonventionell penningpolitik; dynamisk vanliga minstakvadratmetoden DOLS regressionsanalys;

    Abstract : Purpose – In recent decades the inflation- and interest rates have followed a long-termdeclining trend. Followed by central banks starting to use unconventional monetary policiesto cope with financial crises have led to increased amounts of liquidity in the financialsystems and available and looking for investment alternatives on the capital markets. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hedging the Term Structure Risk of Carbon Allowance Derivatives : An Application of Stochastic Optimisation to EUA Market Making

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Nikolas Tsigkas; [2022]
    Keywords : Commodity Derivatives; Emissions Trading; Term Structure; Nonparametric Curve Estimation; Hedging; Stochastic Optimisation; Monte Carlosimulation; Market Microstructre; Systematic Risk Factors;

    Abstract : The initiative by the EU to combat global warming through the introduction of a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions in 2005, known as the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), resulted in the inception of a new financial market. The right to emit one tonne of CO2-equivalents, as well as derivatives on this right, have become commodities, traded both through exchanges and over the counter. READ MORE