This paper proposes a unified approximation method for various options whose payoffs depend on the volume weighted average price (VWAP). Despite their popularity in practice, quite few pricing models have been developed in the literature. Also, in previous works, the underlying asset process has...

In this paper, we propose an approximation method based on the Wiener-Ito chaos expansion for the pricing of European-style contingent claims. Our method is applicable to the general class of continuous Markov processes. The resulting approximation formula requires at most three-dimensional...

In the option pricing literature, it is well known that:(i) the decrease in the smile amplitude is much slower than standard stochastic volatility models and, (ii) the term structure of the at-the-money volatility skew is approximated by a power-law function with the exponent close to zero....

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Program -- Risk Sensitive Investment Management with Affine Processes: A Viscosity Approach M. Davis and S. Lleo -- Keywords: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Analytical Setting -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Factor Dynamics -- 2.3 Asset Market Dynamics -- 2.4 Portfolio Dynamics...