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Podcast: Lo on adaptive regulation, machine learning, bitcoin
MIT quant says next project will be to combine behavioural science with tech such as machine learning
Swaptions vol modelling tweak opens up pricing possibilities
Nomura quant proposes local volatility model that can directly calibrate to swaption smiles
If regulations don’t bend, they’ll break
Financial regulation should be adaptive, not reactive, argues Andrew Lo
Podcast: Richard Martin on EM debt, copulas, machine learning
Quant sceptical of machine learning algos and black boxes
How machine learning could aid interest rate modelling
Standard Chartered quant proposes machine-learning technique to better capture rate dynamics
Model risk in the transition to risk-free rates
Transition is an opportunity to reduce multi-rate complexities, say Bakkar and Brigo
Podcast: Quantum computing to boom in next three to five years
Quant speaks of collaboration with Nasa and machine-learning algos for yield curves
Putting swaptions pricing in the fast lane
Derivatives consultant proposes a model for arbitrage-free pricing
Simple models won’t cut it for systemic risk
Understanding interconnectedness and capturing it within models is a key challenge, say quants
Podcast: Roos on swaptions arbitrage and benchmark reform
Benchmark reform means additional work for rates quants
Podcast: Fries on Monte Carlo, Greeks and the future of AAD
Research on AAD is not complete until it becomes easier to implement, says quant
How not to control trading behaviour
Quants show popular risk measures fail to limit risk-seeking behaviour among traders
Curbing rogue behaviour
Regulators should try to combat rogue trading by measuring traders’ risk-taking differently, say quants
XVA: back to CVA?
Fundamental questions on CVA remain unanswered, writes mathematical finance head
Multicurve modelling is about to get more complex
Research into rates pricing is becoming more urgent given recent regulatory changes
Podcast: Mercurio on Libor, fraud and writing models on a plane
Post-Libor environment and financial crime detection to drive future research, says top quant
What causes forex correlation swaps to be mispriced?
UBS quants show prices can differ by up to 25 correlation points if products modelled accurately
Podcast: Callegaro, Fiorin and Grasselli on quantization
High-dimension problems can be solved with discretisation techniques
Time to move on from risk-neutral valuation?
Risk-neutral valuation could be replaced by models with a subjectivity element, writes mathematical finance head
The bald truth about collateral haircut modelling
HSBC’s Wujiang Lou says parametric modelling of haircuts has many advantages over historical VAR
CCP stress testing gets real
Quants propose technique to generate effective, plausible CCP stress-testing scenarios
The quant factory: not muppets, but not perfect
Universities offering quant master’s programmes must adapt to stay relevant, writes UBS’s Gordon Lee
Size-discovery protocols are not on the efficient frontier
Practice improves allocations but more can be done, says Darrell Duffie
What to do about Libor?
Darrell Duffie explains why transition from Ibor-based benchmarks is necessary and feasible