In this paper we introduce a new fast and accurate numerical method for pricing exotic derivatives when discrete monitoring occurs, and the underlying evolves according to a Markov one-dimensional stochastic processes. The approach exploits the structure of the matrix arising from the numerical...

In the present paper, we convert the usual <italic>n</italic>-step backward recursion that arises in option pricing into a set of independent integral equations by using a <italic>z</italic>-transform approach. In order to solve these equations, we consider different quadrature procedures that transform the integral equation...

We investigate a portfolio optimization problem for an agent who invests in two assets, a risk-free and a risky asset modeled by a geometric Brownian motion. The investor faces both fixed and proportional transaction costs and liquidity constraints. His objective is to maximize the expected...

We investigate asset management in a regime switching framework when the fund manager aims to beat a certain target for the assets under management over an infinite horizon or over a finite horizon. We consider both a full information and a partial information setting. In a full information...