Interpolation
A look at future exposures, through a 19th century lens
Can a centenarian maths idea speed up the calculation of forward sensitivities?
SOFR discounting – Analysing the market impact
The switch to secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) discounting brings several complex issues and is impacting market practices. Ping Sun, senior vice‑president of financial engineering at Numerix, discusses the key issues, such as the differences…
The Chebyshev method for the implied volatility
In this paper, the authors propose a bivariate interpolation of the implied volatility surface based on Chebyshev polynomials. This yields a closed-form approximation of the implied volatility, which is easy to implement and to maintain.
Libor will not transition quietly – What you need to know now
Liang Wu, vice-president of financial engineering and head of CrossAsset product management at Numerix, discusses the scope of the transition from Libor to alternative reference rates – also known as risk-free rates (RFRs), including their…
Currency derivatives house of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2017: Clever approach to options pricing buoyed UK bank during Brexit uncertainty
US inflation traders consider swap methodology change
Banks weighing up move to non-interpolated standard to cut capital costs
An efficient convergent lattice method for Asian option pricing with superlinear complexity
In this paper the authors present an efficient convergent lattice method for Asian option pricing with superlinear complexity.
A novel Fourier transform B-spline method for option pricing
By means of B-spline interpolation, this paper provides an accurate closed-form representation of the option price under an inverse Fourier transform.
Sponsored statement: Murex
Trust is good, control is better – Complex model validation
Filling the gaps
Filling the gaps