Using high-frequency intraday trading and quoting data, we study the temporal effects in index credit default swap (CDS) trading and liquidity. We find strong intraday variations in index CDS trading activities and liquidity. Unlike the U-shaped pattern in the equity market, index CDSs exhibit a...

I examine corporate pandemic bonds, whose proceeds are committed to COVID-19 containing activities. I find an average cumulative abnormal return of 1.33–1.71% during the five trading days surrounding their issuance announcement. Also, their yield spread is 13.8–20.9 basis points lower than...

Levered and inverse ETPs are designed to provide geared long and short exposures to thedaily returns of different benchmark indexes. The benchmarks can be any reference index.The popular ones are on stocks, bonds, commodities and volatility. The problem with theseproducts is that they are not...

We model the S&P500 index options dynamics using the CGMY distribution, with independent "up" and "down" return jumps, and diffusive jump intensities. Allowing the up and down parts to be separately parameterised accounts for the dynamic smirk effect, without correlation between returns and...

We develop an equilibrium pricing model aimed at explaining observed characteristics in equity returns, VIX futures and VIX options data. To derive our model we first specify a general framework based on affine jump-diffusive state-dynamics and representative agent endowed with Duffie-Epstein...

This paper investigates informed trading on stock volatility in the option market. Using a unique data set from the Chicago Board Options Exchange, we construct non-market maker net demand for stock volatility from the trading volume of individual equity options. We find that this volatility...

In this paper, we develop and experiment an intensity based multi-factor model, which incorporates the joint modelling of default, prepayment and recovery risks. In this way, the model provides a link between the credit default swap (CDS) and the loan-only credit default swap (LCDS) markets. The...

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...

Using transaction data for call options on the DAX, this study examines the empirical performance of (i) the standard Black/Scholes model (1973), (ii) the jump-diffusion model by Merton (1976), (iii) Heston's stochastic volatility model (1993), and (iv) Bates' stochastic volatility...

This paper analyzes the behavior of the German DAX index intraday returns. We devote particular attention to three related empirical issues. First we provide an up-to-date characterization of the DAX intraday volatility patterns. They are mostly W-shaped with peaks at the opening, at 2.30pm and...