The paper focuses on the rebalancing premium, defined as the difference between the cash-flows generated by a fixed-weight (FW) strategy and a drift-weight (DW) strategy at the end of an investment horizon. A unified framework is used to investigate both FW contrarian (long-only) strategies and...

In the aftermath of the GFC, banks have adjusted their books of derivatives for funding costs and have made Funding Valuation Adjustments (FVA). These adjustments are surprising for two reasons. First, they are made on a voluntary basis. They are neither imposed by banking regulation nor...