Essays about: "banks hedging"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words banks hedging.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Pricing of Embedded Options: Implementing Stochastic Interest Rates & Stochastic Spread

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Jan Müller; [2022]
    Keywords : Option pricing; Callable bonds; Affine term structure models; Hull-White one-factor; Hull White two-factor; Trinomial trees; Short rate; Default intensity; Swaption volatilities; Black-76; Credit derivatives; Calibration; Optimisation.; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 3. An examination of the hedging properties of gold and bitcoin using volatility

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Mohammed Abdulrahman; Karin Carlsson; [2021-06-23]
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    Abstract : Gold has been considered a hedge against inflation for a long time, although researchers have found different results in their examinations. Bitcoin, a relatively new phenomenon in the financial market, is also, for some investors, a monetary protection against central banks' actions resulting in inflation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Swap Book Hedging using Stochastic Optimisation with Realistic Risk Factors

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Rickard Nordin; Emil Mårtensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Term structure measurement; optimization; hedging; swap portfolio; interest rate swaps; stochastic programming; FRA; IRS; dimension reduction; component analysis; component decomposition; signal separation;

    Abstract : Market makers such as large banks are exposed to market risk in fixed income by acting as a counterparty for customers that enter swap contracts. This master thesis addresses the problem of creating a cost-effective hedge for a realistic swap book of a market maker in a multiple yield curve setting. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hedging of a foreign exchange swapbook using Stochastic programming

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Emma Bohlin; Jonatan Harling; [2021]
    Keywords : term structure measurement; optimization; hedging; foreign exchange swaps; interest rates; FX; stochastic programming;

    Abstract : A large part of the foreign exchange market concerns the trading of FX swaps. While entering a position in a FX swap does not cost any money, banks earn money on FX swaps when their customers cross the bid/ask spread, creating a perceived transaction costs for the swaps. READ MORE