Underlyings of weather derivatives in Europe tend to be average temperature compared to heating (cooling) day in the USA because of a smaller volatility in temperature. The derivatives are priced using as burn analysis. Using a gas utility company, hedging techniques are shown using temperature...

Some traders estimate precipitation derivatives to have a potential which increases even that of temperature derivatives. Precipitation derivatives can be used both for hedging and marketing purposes for a diverse number of possible end users. However, the complex way of measuring precipitation,...

This paper empirically investigates the risk and performance of three types of alternative betaproducts over the January 2002 to September 2009 time period: funds of hedge funds (FHFs),investable hedge fund indices (IHFIs), and hedge fund replication strategies (HFRS). Weshow that IHFIs are true...

Underlyings of weather derivatives in Europe tend to be average temperature compared to heating (cooling) day in the USA because of a smaller volatility in temperature. The derivatives are priced using as burn analysis. Using a gas utility company, hedging techniques are shown using temperature...

Underlyings of weather derivatives in Europe tend to be average temperaturecompared to heating (cooling) day in the USA because of a smaller volatility intemperature. The derivatives are priced using as burn analysis. Using a gas utilitycompany, hedging techniques are shown using temperature...