We propose a new procedure for estimating a dynamic joint distribution of a group of assets in a sequential manner starting from univariate marginals, continuing with pairwise bivariate distributions, then with triplewise trivariate distributions, etc., until the joint distribution for the whole...

The paper develops a tail risk forecasting model that incorporates the wealth of economic and financial information available to risk managers. The approach can be viewed as a regularized extension of the two-stage GARCH-EVT model of McNeil and Frey (2000) where we permit a time-varying...

In this paper we investigate the profitability of 'skewness trades' and 'kurtosis trades' based on comparisons of implied state price densities versus historical densities. In particular, we examine the ability of SPD comparisons to detect structural breaks in the options market behaviour. While...