Essays about: "risk neutral pricing"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words risk neutral pricing.

  1. 6. DATA QUALITY CONSEQUENCES OF MANDATORY CYBER DATA SHARING BETWEEN DUOPOLY INSURERS

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

    Author : Olof Reinert; Tobias Wiesinger; [2020]
    Keywords : Cyber insurance; Information transmission; Game theory; Cournot market; Nash Equilibrium; Cyberförsäkring; Informationsdelning; Spelteori; Cournot-marknad; Nashjämvikt;

    Abstract : Cyber attacks against companies are becoming more common as technology advances and digitalization is increasing exponentially. All Swedish insurance companies that sell cyber insurance encounter the same problem, there is not enough data to do good actuarial work. READ MORE

  3. 7. Measuring the Risk-neutral Probability Distribution of Equity Index Options

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Gustav Dackner; Linus Falk; [2019]
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    Abstract : The focus of this master thesis is to develop a model that measures the risk-neutral probability distributionof the future value of a portfolio consisting of options on the S&P 500 index. The cornerstone of the model is an explicit and thorough construction of the local volatility surface. The parametric model of Coleman etal. READ MORE

  4. 8. Counterparty Credit Exposures for Interest Rate Derivatives using Stochastic Grid Bundling Method and Change of Measure

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Johan Gustavsson; [2017]
    Keywords : OTC; Counterparty credit risk; HW1F; Market price of risk; CVA; Potential Future Exposure; Expected Exposure; Bermudan swaption; Stochastic Grid Bundling Method; SGBM.; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 9. Performance of alternative option pricing models during spikes in the FTSE 100 volatility index : Empirical evidence from FTSE100 index options 

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Nicklas Rehnby; [2017]
    Keywords : option pricing; stochastic volatility; implied volatility; GARCH; risk-neutral; characteristic functions; Gauss-Laguerre quadrature; Nelder-Mead search algorithm;

    Abstract : Derivatives have a large and significant role on the financial markets today and the popularity of options has increased. This has also increased the demand of finding a suitable option pricing model, since the ground-breaking model developed by Black & Scholes (1973) have poor pricing performance. READ MORE

  6. 10. Studying dynamics in risk-neutral skewness using a Gauss-Hermite expansion on S&P 500 index options

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Dennis Facius; Mohit Rakyan; [2017]
    Keywords : Options; Risk-neutral density; Gauss-Hermite expansion; Skewness;

    Abstract : Building on a new method of pricing options by modelling the underlying risk-neutral distribution with 'physicist' Hermite polynomials, we assess the properties of these distributions over time. We employ a set of S&P 500 index options ranging from 2007 to 2016. READ MORE