Derivatives pricing
Numerical valuation of derivatives in high-dimensional settings via partial differential equation expansions
This paper presents a new numerical approach to solving high-dimensional partial differential equations that arise in the valuation of exotic derivative securities. The resulting numerical solutions are carefully compared in terms of accuracy and run…
FVA models overstate costs – Risk.net poll
Just over two-thirds say the current FVA approach is wrong
Putting FVA in a cage
If banks can't standardise funding charges, accountants or regulators should step in
The black art of FVA, part III: a $4 billion mistake?
Quants argue banks are inflating FVA; Crédit Agricole among those weighing new approach
FVA: How six smaller banks do it
From ING to Danske Bank, regional players are taking part in the FVA debate, but practices are mixed
Cutting edge introduction: Funding holes in Black-Scholes
HSBC quant builds funding costs and haircuts into Black-Scholes option pricing formula
Funding in option pricing: the Black-Scholes framework extended
Wujiang Lou shows the impact of funding costs on option valuation
Goodbye Sonia flat: banks rethink swaps with bond collateral
Higher discount rate can cut payouts to in-the-money clients by millions
KVA: banks wrestle with the cost of capital
As the bank capital burden grows, dealers are trying to price in the associated costs
Credit Suisse takes Sfr279 million FVA loss
Credit Suisse becomes the fifteenth bank known to have taken an FVA charge
Cutting edge introduction: FVA out of balance
Some quants are arguing FVA should not be part of earnings
Pricing and hedging variance swaps on a swap rate
A pricing tool for fixed-income volatility products is introduced
KVA: capital valuation adjustment by replication
KVA are introduced to take into account the effect of capital on funding
Risk-neutral pricing – Hull and White debate Kenyon and Green
XVA specialists spark debate on regulation and risk-neutrality
Path-dependent volatility
Julien Guyon on path-dependent volatility models
Hedge funds seek third-party Emir valuations
Delegating Emir reporting may cause more problems than it solves
Regulatory costs break risk neutrality
Regulations impose idiosyncratic capital and funding costs for holding derivatives. Idiosyncratic costs mean that no single measure makes derivatives martingales for all market participants. Chris Kenyon and Andrew Green demonstrate that regulatory…
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SABR symmetry
SABR symmetry
Differential rates, differential prices
Differential rates, differential prices
Cutting Edge introduction: fixing FVA
The funding valuation adjustment (FVA) is the biggest controversy of recent times in quantitative finance. Now the authors of the original FVA paper are back – and think there may be a solution. Laurie Carver introduces this month’s technical articles
ROE hurdles cause pricing impasse
In the Basel III world, traders know their business must deliver a target return on equity, or risk being shut down – but working out the capital cost, or benefit, of a trade at inception is so difficult that banks only have approximations to guide them…
Time for a timer
Time for a timer
Stuck with collateral
Stuck with collateral