This book introduces the “strike of default” (SOD) benchmark concept. The author determines the SOD through cross-sectional pricing between the credit market and the option market, considering the same underlying. The idea of the SOD is to combine the implied probability of default from both...

Finanzmathematische Grundlagen -- Eigenschaften und Bewertung von Derivaten -- Der Einsatz von Derivaten -- Hedging mit Derivaten -- Derivate zur Optimierung der Performance -- Risikosteuerung -- Besondere Herausforderungen beim Derivateeinsatz -- Derivate als Informationsquelle.

This is an advanced guide to optimal stopping and control, focusing on advanced Monte Carlo simulation and its application to finance. Written for quantitative finance practitioners and researchers in academia, the book looks at the classical simulation based algorithms before introducing some...

Given the explosion of interest in mathematical methods for solving problems in finance and trading, a great deal of research and development is taking place in universities, large brokerage firms, and in the supporting trading software industry. Mathematical advances have been made both...

Just about every month, housing values in the U.S. fall. That, in turn, increases the number of people who owe more on their houses than they are worth-either trapping them in homes they may no longer want or putting them in danger of financial catastrophe if they lose a job or are otherwise...

Alternative Investments, die sich durch ihr Streben nach marktphasenunabhängigen, absoluten Renditen auszeichnen, sind in den letzten Jahren verstärkt in den Fokus institutioneller Investoren gerückt. Damit erhalten auch die angebotenen Produktstrukturen auf Hedgefonds und Private Equity...