The growth optimal portfolio (GOP) plays an important role in finance, in particular in derivative pricing, where it is employed as a num\'eraire portfolio, allowing to price contingent claims directly under the real world probability measure. This paper derives an extension of a time dependent...

The objective of this paper is to consider defaultable term structure models in a general setting beyond standard risk-neutral models. Using as numeraire the growth optimal portfolio, defaultable interest rate derivatives are priced under the real-world probability measure. Therefore, the...