Local volatility model is a relatively simple way to capture volatility skew/smile. In spite of its drawbacks, it remains popular among practitioners for derivative pricing and hedging. For long-dated options or interest rate/equity hybrid products, in order to take into account the effect of...

Implied volatility skew and smile are ubiquitous phenomena in the financial derivative market especially after the Black Monday 1987 crash. Various stochastic volatility models have been proposed to capture volatility skew and smile in derivative pricing and hedging. Almost 30 years after the...

In 2017 the Alternative Reference Rate Committee (ARRC) recommended the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as the replacement for USD LIBOR as the reference rate for use in derivatives and financial contracts. Since then SOFR-linked derivatives started to develop and their liquidities have...