The situation of a limited availability of historical data is frequently encountered in portfolio risk estimation …, especially in credit risk estimation. This makes it, for example, difficult to find temporal structures with statistical …-portfolio specific volatility indices called portfolio risk drivers. The dynamics of the risk drivers are modelled by multiplicative …

Introduction -- Volatility and its estimation -- Overview of volatility derivatives -- Options delta hedging with no … options at all -- Volatility derivatives in portfolio optimization -- Benefits of using volatility futures in investment … strategies -- Predictive properties of the volatility term structure -- Conclusions -- List of gures -- List of tables …