In this paper, we propose an approximation method based on Picard iterations deduced from the Doléans–Dade exponential formula. Our method allows to approximate trajectories of Markov processes in a large class, e.g. solutions to non-Lipchitz SDEs. An application to the pricing of Asian-style...

This paper investigates the problem of maximizing expected terminal utility in a (generically incomplete) discrete-time financial market model with finite time horizon. In contrast to the standard setting, a possibly non-concave utility function $U$ is considered, with domain of definition...

We treat a discrete-time asset allocation problem in an arbitrage-free, generically incomplete financial market, where the investor has a possibly non-concave utility function and wealth is restricted to remain non-negative. Under easily verifiable conditions, we establish the existence of...

We provide easily verifiable conditions for the well-posedness of the optimal investment problem for a behavioral investor in an incomplete discrete-time multiperiod financial market model, for the first time in the literature. Under two different sets of assumptions we also establish the...

We consider the problem of pricing and hedging an option written on a non-exchangeable asset when trading in a correlated asset is possible. This is a typical case of incomplete market where it is well known that the super-replication concept provides generally too high prices. Here, following...

This paper proves the Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing with transaction costs, when bid and ask prices follow locally bounded cadlag (right-continuous, left-limited) processes. The Robust No Free Lunch with Vanishing Risk (RNFLVR) condition for simple strategies is equivalent to the...

We study the Leland model for hedging portfolios in the presence of a constant proportional transaction costs coefficient. The modi fied Leland's strategy defi ned in [2], contrarily to the classical one, ensures the asymptotic replication of a large class of payoff . In this setting, we prove a...

In the modern version of Arbitrage Pricing Theory suggested by Kabanov and Kramkov the fundamental fi nancially meaningful concept is an asymptotic arbitrage. The 'real world' large market is represented by a sequence of 'models' and, though each of them is arbitrage free, investors may obtain...

In frictionless markets, the absence of arbitrage opportunities is equivalent to the existence of a martingale process evolving in the ray R_ S where S is the d-dimensional price process (whose first component is the numeraire). With transaction costs, absence of arbitrage opportunities is...

We consider two quasi-linear initial-value Cauchy problems on Rd: a parabolic system and an hyperbolic one. They both have a first order non-linearity of the form φ(t, x, u) · ∇u, a forcing term h(t, x, u) and an initial condition u0 ∈ L∞ (Rd ) ∩ C ∞ (Rd ), where φ (resp. h) is...