Gamma
GameStop frenzy triggered $2 billion margin breach at OCC
Total initial margin held by the OCC's default fund stood at $114.4 billion in Q1
The cost of hedging XVA
HVA is framed consistently with other valuation adjustments
Impact of hedging strategies on variable annuities
Put options may reduce the cost of hedging strategies for insurers
Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat
Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?
Quants tout alternative carry trades for the ‘new normal’
Low rates and flatlining yield curves leave investors seeking carry in swaps and swaptions
TSE outage throws structured notes into tailspin
Trading shutdown on October 1 disrupted observation dates for some structured products
How Goldman’s algos adapted to virus vol
Interview: Ralf Donner explains why algo usage is up while markets are down
FX options see record volumes as yen goes off-script
Coronavirus outbreak and recession fears trigger frenzied trading in USD/JPY options
Search for alpha in a volatile world
Alpha generation can be an elusive goal, particularly when trading volatility. Three different approaches to trading volatility were discussed by a panel looking at the role of systematic and carry strategies in finding profit in a high-volatility world
Structured products – The ART of risk transfer
Exploring the risk thrown up by autocallables has created a new family of structured products, offering diversification to investors while allowing their manufacturers room to extend their portfolios, writes Manvir Nijhar, co-head of equities and equity…
Remembering the range accrual bloodbath
Flatter US yield curve spurs demand for a product with a painful history
Risky notes replace easy money for exotics desks
Dealers insist ‘it’s different’ as flat US curve revives bonds that sank the Street in 2008
Bank risk manager of the year: UBS
Risk Awards 2019: Bank heeds lessons of past structured products routs to navigate February volatility
Vol virus: how a CCP basis leapt from swaps to swaptions
A clearing house basis has opened up between JSCC and LCH on yen swaptions – despite neither clearing the product
Pricing multivariate barrier reverse convertibles with factor-based subordinators
In this paper, the authors study factor-based subordinated Lévy processes in their variance gamma (VG) and normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) specifications, and focus on their ability to price multivariate exotic derivatives.
Short-vol products pose new risk to investors, experts warn
Vix manipulation reports may be leading investors to pile back into risky short-volatility products
Tail dependence in small samples: from theory to practice
In this paper, the authors study tail dependence by defining the conditions required for all the methods used to perform and to quantify their efficiency and accuracy.
Don’t count on vol regime change – BlackRock quant
“This time next year volatility will most likely be low,” says Fishwick
Now casting: options traders needed for disaster movie
Gamma deserves share of spotlight in volatility drama
Volatility trap: how gamma roused a market monster
Rates market is exposed to some of the same factors that caused equity volatility to explode in February
Traders blame short gamma positions for Nikkei vol jump
Uridashis, macro positioning and ETFs behind record 23% rise in volatility on November 9
PKA’s CIO on risk transfer and factor investing
Risk30: Low volatility aids and hinders Danish fund
Local variance gamma revisited
In this paper, the authors propose a new method of constructing volatility surfaces for foreign exchange options.