This paper extends the moment matching market implied calibration procedure to Markov models with piecewise constant parameters between successive quoted option maturities. The Markov property allows us to determine the parameter set of each subprocess by a bootstrapping moment matching...

This paper features a market implied methodology to infer adequate starting values for the spot and long run variances and for the mean reversion rate of a calibration exercise under the Heston model. More particularly, these initial parameters are obtained by matching the term structure of the...

The use of internal Bank models for meeting capital requirements has been approved for some time. Regulators then face issues of model approval necessitating some public domain analysis of model performance. This paper presents a new approach to risk model evaluation using forward looking risk...

Two new indices for financial diversity are proposed. The first is aggregative and evaluates distance from a single factor driving returns. The second evaluates how fast correlation with a stock rises as the stock falls. Both measures are here risk neutral. The CRI is also compared with coVaR....

Static and discrete time pricing operators for two price economies are reviewed and then generalized to the continuous time setting of an underlying Hunt process. The continuous time operators define nonlinear partial integro-differential equations that are solved numerically for the three...

This paper provides an in-depth analysis into the structuring and the pricing of an innovative financial market product. This instrument is called contingent conversion convertible bond or "CoCoCo". This hybrid bond is itself a combination of two other hybrid instruments: a contingent...

In this paper we consider the problem of deriving correlation estimates from observed option data. An implied correlation estimate arises when we match the observed index option price with a corresponding model price. The underlying model assumes that stock prices can be described using a...

We examine recovery rates of the European banking sector. To this end, we employ information embedded in credit default swaps (CDS) with different levels of seniority. To estimate implied recovery rates, we extend the model of Schlafer and Uhrig-Homburg (2014) and include absolute priority...

Conic pricing (or bid and ask pricing) of credit risk shows how counterparty credit risk when conservatively valued at the bid price results in larger CVA than would occur under risk neutral pricing. On the other hand when it comes to the debt valuation adjustment, since it is a liability, it...

In this paper, we introduce a new robust model for modelling and pricing LCDX tranches. We extend the generic one-factor model of [1], which was developed for modelling and pricing of a synthetic CDO of CDSs, to a model for tranched portfolio of loan-only CDSs (LCDSs). The essential difference...