This paper examines and compares several standard financial structured products whose performance is based on smoothing the return of an underlying asset (e.g. financial market indices, baskets of stocks). The returns of such products are based on various averages of intermediate values of the...

In this article, we show that performance attribution considered alone can be misleading. Indeed, a portfolio manager who knows perfectly the distribution of asset's returns and who performs a relative portfolio optimization according to that information, may be penalized in some of her choices...

Quantitative models are omnipresent –but often controversially discussed– in todays risk management practice. New regulations, innovative financial products, and advances in valuation techniques provide a continuous flow of challenging problems for financial engineers and risk managers...