[fre] Cet article examine les différentes règles proposées pour fixer les taux de conversion au 1er janvier 1999. Ces règles ne sont pas toutes équivalentes au regard de l'influence qu'elles peuvent avoir sur les marchés financiers. Idéalement, une règle de conversion doit être telle...

Most models of the term structure show a factor structure, where interest rates depend linearly on some factors. We derive in a Heath, Jarrow and Morton [1992] type framework what the main consequences of this assumption are, especially when volatilities are stochastic. We show that such a...

[eng] A Return to Average Rates in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism: 1987-1995 by Jean Sébastien Pentecôte and Thierry Roncalli . This paper studies the effect of the return to average daily rates for the European Exchange Rate Mechanism currencies and the dollar against the deutschemark...

In December 2008, as the financial and economic crisis continued on its devastating course, a new scandal erupted. After the 1998s failure of Long-Term Capital Management, Madoff's fraud once again discredits the hedge funds industry. This scandal is, however, of a different kind. Indeed,...

1. Introduction. Part I Risk Management in the Financial Sector. 2. Market Risk. 3. Credit Risk. 4. Counterparty Credit Risk and Collateral Risk. 5. Operational Risk. 6. Liquidity Risk. 7. Asset Liability Management Risk. 8. Systemic Risk and Shadow Banking System. Part II Mathematical and...