Technical paper
An end-to-end deep learning approach to credit scoring using CNN + XGBoost on transaction data
The authors find that machine learning methods can generate satisfactorily performing credit score models based on data from the 90-days prior to the score date, where traditional models can perform poorly.
Swap rate: cash-settled swaptions in the fallback
A fallback pricing method that reduces vanilla swaptions’ complexity is introduced
How a credit run affects asset correlation
This paper analyzes how soaring demand in the lending market shortly before a financial crisis can affect one of the main parameters in the internal ratings-based approach: the asset correlation.
Can we take the “stress” out of stress testing? Applications of generalized structural equation modeling to consumer finance
This paper provides a practical introduction to the GSEM statistical framework in risk management, and it illustrates the game-changing potential of this methodology with two empirical applications.
Semi-analytic conditional expectations
A data-driven approach to computing expectations for the pricing and hedging of exotics
Empirical research on the relationship between renewable energy consumption, foreign direct investment and economic growth in South Asia
This paper scrutinizes the link between renewable energy consumption, foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic progress in South Asian countries.
Correlations in operational risk stress testing: use and abuse
The paper presents an analysis of correlation effects of economic factors on the operational risk losses of a medium-large UK retail bank, and it recommends that causal factors that effect operational risk should be identified.
Procyclicality of central counterparty margin models: systemic problems need systemic approaches
In this paper the author argues that the focus on initial margin models is misplaced, and the reasons for this are illustrated by empirically testing the performance of standard initial margin models during the March 2020 events.
Trading strategies and weekly anomalies in the stock market: Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey
This paper explores the day-of-the-week impact and efficiency of the stock markets in Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey by using closing prices of a major index from each stock market.
The status of people risk management in UK banks
This paper examines how people risk is managed in banks using interview data obtained from operational risk management experts working in the UK banking sector.
Singular exotic perturbation
A solution based on local volatility and sensitivities is proposed to calculate exotics' prices
The customer settlement risk externality at US securities central counterparties
This paper highlights an externality in the clearing of customer securities trades, and it examines the potential benefits and costs of alternative clearing approaches.
Optimal turnover, liquidity and autocorrelation
A novel optimal execution approach via continuous-time stochastic processes is introduced
Does reinvesting payouts in plain vanilla exchange-traded funds enhance household portfolio performance?
This study analyzes whether reinvesting payouts in exchange-traded funds that replicate broad and internationally diversified market indexes enhances households’ portfolio performance after transaction costs.
The future of skew
Forward start volatility swaps and their pricing and hedging models are introduced
Technology risk management in fintech: underlying mechanisms and challenges
This study focuses on the foundational technology of fintech to address the challenges posed by its specific form of risk.
Modeling the exit cashflows of private equity fund investments
This paper analyzes the realized exit cashflows of individual portfolio companies in a joint modeling framework that describes both the exit timing and the exit performance.
High-frequency movements of the term structure of US interest rates: the role of oil market uncertainty
This paper analyzes the impact of oil market uncertainty on the level, slope and curvature factors derived from the term structure of US interest rates.
Dynamics of biofuel prices on the European market: the impact of EU environmental policy on resources markets
This paper explains the major drivers of biodiesel market prices by examining agricultural resource prices and gasoil prices for automotive fuels in the context of European Union environmental policy.
Oil value-at-risk forecasts: a filtered semiparametric approach
This paper proposes the GARCH model combined with the Cornish–Fisher expansion for the oil VaR forecast.
The risk-reversal premium
We show that including risk reversals in an equity portfolio creates a better portfolio compared with a pure index position.
Automated market-making for fiat currencies
A framework to exchange fiat currencies on-chain consistently with off-chain prices is presented
Portfolio rebalancing and seasonality in Canadian financial markets
Using Canadian data for the period 1957–2018, this paper provides evidence in support of portfolio rebalancing by professional portfolio managers.
A factor-based risk model for multifactor investment strategies
This paper presents a novel, practical approach to risk management for multifactor equity investment strategies.