We investigate the valuation and hedging of catastrophe options, whose claim arrival process is modeled by the Cox process or a doubly stochastic Poisson process. Employing the non-arbitrage principle we obtain closed form formula for the pricing of the option. Various hedging parameters are...

In recent years, a large number of research papers and monographs on the analysis of hedge fund returns have been published. Typically, the authors of these studies implicitly or explicitly treat monthly returns of hedge funds as independent and identically distributed observations. The Hedge...

In recent years, a large number of research papers and monographs on the analysis of hedge fund returns have been published. Typically, the authors of these studies implicitly or explicitly treat monthly returns of hedge funds as independent and identically distributed observations. The Hedge...

At the maturity, the owner of a commodity-linked bond has the right to receive the face value of the bond and the excess amount of spot market value of the reference commodity bundle over the prespecified exercise price. This payoff structure is an important characteristic of the...

Seven different Japanese Yen interest rates recorded on a daily basis for the period from 1986 to 1992 are simultaneously analyzed. By introducing a new concept of ‘short term trend’, we decompose each interest rate series into three components, ‘long termtrend’, ‘short term trend’...