In this paper, we propose a methodology for measuring information flows underpinning option price movements, and for analyzing the distribution of these flows. We develop a framework in which flows of information can be measured in terms of relative entropy between risk-neutral distributions...

The purpose of this article is to value some life insurance contracts in a stochastic interest rate environment taking into account the default risk of the underlying insurance company. The participating life insurance contracts considered here can be expressed as portfolios of barrier options...

Several approaches to model stock returns with Lévy Processes have been developed in the past years. Firstly, this article will review existing approaches and compare the latest ones through an analysis of the Lévy density. Secondly, this article will provide a simple but general...