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We analyse contracts which pay out a guaranteed minimum rate of return and a fraction of a positive excess rate, which is specified on the basis of a benchmark portfolio. These contracts are closely related to unit--linked life--insurance/savings plan products and can be considered as...
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This paper aims to unify exotic option closed formulas by generalizing a large class of existing formulas and by setting a framework that allows for further generalizations. The formula presented covers options from the plain vanilla to most, if not all, mountain range exotic options and is...
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The art market has seen boom and bust during the last years and, despite the downturn, has received more attention from investors given the low interest environment following the financial crisis. However, participation has been reserved for a few investors and the hedging of exposures remains...
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In this paper we addressed the problem of determining the optimal replicating strategy for a European call option under differential transactions costs. We derived an upper boundary for the cost factor in a market where all Investors face the same factor. This upper boundary ensures the...
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There is much discussion about derivatives at central banks. The main focus is on questions about the impact of the growing use of derivative instruments on the stability of the financial markets and the effectiveness ofmonetary policy measures. Irrespective ofthe answers, the information...
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We use a compound option-based structural credit risk model to infer a term structure of banking crisis risk from market data on bank stocks in daily frequency. Considering debt service payments with different maturities this term structure assigns a separate estimator for short- and long-term...
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mostly refer to warranty costs. Warranty costs are caused by repair and servicing of the sold products during the warranty … period. They are function of the quality, usage and maintenance (storage) of sold product. In marketing sense, warranty costs …-term provisions - warranty costs on the performance of retailers, with special emphasis on Serbia. These theoretical, methodological …
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free replacement warranty. In the proposed replacement policy, a maintenance action and failure are dependent on a system …
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We have compared the performance of savings plans within the class of difference capital guarantee mechanisms: from the stop loss to classic investments in actuarial reserve funds. CPPI strategies with different leverage factors can be viewed as a compromises between these two extremes. In...
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