We provide a probabilistic solution of a not necessarily Markovian control problem with a state constraint by means of a Backward Stochastic Differential Equation (BSDE). The novelty of our solution approach is that the BSDE possesses a singular terminal condition. We prove that a solution of...

In this paper, we study the classical problem of maximization of the sum of the utility of the terminal wealth and the utility of the consumption, in a case where a sudden jump in the risk-free interest rate creates incompleteness. The value function of the dual problem is proved to be solution...

This paper completes the analysis of Choulli et al. Non-Arbitrage up to Random Horizons and after Honest Times for Semimartingale Models and contains two principal contributions. The first contribution consists in providing and analysing many practical examples of market models that admit...

For a given filtered probability space , an -adapted continuous increasing process [Lambda] and a positive - local martingale N such that [Lambda]0=0 and Nte-[Lambda]t=1, we construct a probability measure and a random time [tau] such that and . The probability is linked with the well-known Cox...

This paper discusses the main modeling approaches that have been developed for handling portfolio credit derivatives, with a focus on the question of hedging. In particular, the so-called top, top down and bottom up approaches are considered. We give some mathematical insights regarding the fact...

The preservation of the semi-martingale property in progressive enlargement of filtrations has been studied by many authors. Most of them focus on progressive enlargement with a honest time, allowing for semi-martingale invariance and simple decomposition formulas. However, times allowing for...

We present a general model for default times, making precise the role of the intensity process, and showing that this process allows for a knowledge of the conditional distribution of the default only "before the default". This lack of information is crucial while working in a multi-default...

Given a filtered probability space , an -adapted continuous increasing process [Lambda] and a positive local martingale N such that satisfies Zt<=1,t>=0, we construct probability measures and a random time [tau] on an extension of , such that the survival probability of [tau], i.e., is equal to Zt for...</=1,t>

We propose an evaluation method for financial assets subject to default risk, when investors face imperfect information about the state variable triggering the default. The model we propose generalizes the one by Duffie and Lando (2001) in the following way:(i)it incorporates informational noise...

We consider a general class of continuous asset price models where the drift and the volatility functions, as well as the driving Brownian motions, change at a random time τ. Under minimal assumptions on the random time and on the driving Brownian motions, we study the behavior of the model in...