Essays about: "Swaption"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word Swaption.
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1. Swaptions from a Clearinghouse perspective : Hedging swaptions, an option on interest rate swaps, using compression
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysikAbstract : With the increasing popularity of interest rate swaps the need to understandswaptions, an option of an interest rate swap, is of great importance. A swap-tion can be used in both speculative purposes and to hedge against changesin interest rates. The most important thing to understand is the pricing for-mula. READ MORE
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2. Pricing of Embedded Options: Implementing Stochastic Interest Rates & Stochastic Spread
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : Given the current market climate, in an era of negative interest-rates, the Hull-White model has regained popularity in the eyes of investors. This thesis aims to extend this model to incorporate credit risk, to allow the modelling of credit derivatives such as diff swaps, defaultable corporate bonds and credit default swaps. READ MORE
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3. Empirical study of methods to complete the swaption volatility cube from the caplet volatility surface
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad matematik och statistikAbstract : Fixed income markets are vast markets, involving a large number of actors including financial institutions, state actors, asset managers and corporations. An import part of these markets are contracts written on the xIBOR rates. READ MORE
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4. Counterparty Credit Exposures for Interest Rate Derivatives using Stochastic Grid Bundling Method and Change of Measure
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : The notional amounts outstanding of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives had grown exponentially for almost two decades and its rapid growth were mainly due the increase in OTC interest rate derivatives. As of december 2014, the total notional amounts outstanding in the global OTC market was 630 trillions USD and the OTC interest rate derivatives represents about 80% of the market. READ MORE
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5. Swaption pricing under the single Hull White model through the analytical formula and Finite Difference Methods
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Utbildningsvetenskap och MatematikAbstract : Due to the interesting financial moment we are living, my motivations to write this Master thesis has mostly been the behavior of interest rates and models that can be used predict them. Thus, in this dissertation I have presented theHull-White model and the way to calibrate it against market data so it can be used to price interest rate derivatives. READ MORE